Reduce FFMPEG's resource consumption through YouTube-DL integration
Reduce FFMPEG's resource consumption through YouTube-DL integration
Sure thing! You can adjust how much CPU FFMPEG uses by tweaking its settings or using a tool like ffmpeg-limit. Also, since you're on Ubuntu in WSL, check the command line options for your FFMPEG installation to cap processing power. Let me know if you need help with that!
You're running Ubuntu inside Windows via WSL, and you want to verify that the Linux processes appear in the Windows Task Manager.
Yes, you can easily install YouTube-DL for Windows. Have you tried the -F option? It lists all available formats, and then you select -f to save the one you want. I usually use it just for audio files. Most videos offer several download choices.
I might need to attempt again using Windows since previous tries failed. I couldn't add it to PATH and didn’t want to deal with batch scripts, even though my bash skills are limited. I selected the MP4 option via the F switch, but it only supported up to 720p. I realized I probably need to use FFMPEG to merge the two high-quality formats.
Check if --merge-output-format is being used for mp4 conversion. If not, switch options. Use --postprocessor-args with ffmpeg to customize processing, such as setting threads via youtube-dl.
You're welcome! I'm glad I could help. Let me know if you need anything else!
It's not a VM, more like a shim. The main problem I've noticed with WSL is how well the IO performs. Windows translates its own APIs to Linux ones, which can be slow when things don't align properly—especially with disk and network operations. It's similar to WINE but in the opposite direction.