Parallel processing unit cluster for single ffmpeg calls?

[Christoph K.]

Hi folks,

I was wondering if I can build a cluster to convert / transcode videos
with ffmpeg.

There are some workstations standing around here ... and I though maybe
it's possible to combine their computing power?

To be clear: The task is to work on a single video as fast as possible.

I found this, but it's from 2010:
http://www.samir.ca/2010/11/23/high-speed-ffmpeg-cluster-encoding-with-python-and-avidemux.html

I have no experience in clustering and would be grateful for any
useful hint.

Thanks,
Christoph

[Dan Ritter]

Apart from python 2 vs 3 issues, there's no reason to think that
a modified version of that script wouldn't work for you.

Do you have more specific questions?

-dsr-

[Darac Marjal]

Another tool from 2010 is dvd::rip https://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/ 

Specifically, the clustering information is at
https://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/cluster.cipp

However, something more modern (and maintained) would be clustercode
https://ccremer.github.io/clustercode-docs/clustercode/index.html
although I've not tried that.


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> Thanks,
> Christoph
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