only source i can find for the video i want to watch is 1080p.
PC I watch videos on is a 1.4GHz dual-core (possibly throttled to 800MHz for some reason, if i am reading /proc/cpuinfo right), with no graphics card. 1080p video plays like a slideshow.
screen is 20" and almost 2m away, High Def not required.
ok so i'll just hit the internet, find ffmpeg options to downscale it (`-s 640x480 -c:a copy`) - and it works!
but takes over an hour to do each 30m video
what about running ffmpeg on my laptop, via SSH/GVFS (sounds way more pro than it is, just drag and drop a file path from file browser to terminal), over the hilarious network (ISP router for DNS + DHCP, network switch, 50m cable, old ADSL router running as wifi AP, wifi repeater running as wifi-to-ethernet gateway, ethernet cable 🤯)
down to 15m!
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to be continued. thank you for coming to my lightning talk 🙏
ho ho ho now i have a bash script
https://bin.autonomic.zone/?42d8d44bb2baa6dd#GCenNe36RAA8jdZRCSgSP3xi4Ff9XRtVnMuub6iwUHDf
Now I have a less-buggy bash script! 🐛🚫 https://bin.autonomic.zone/?28ac3cc25b011947#14qEwfDxLLyNG7MVgzreozcVDWczc7dMN5Kb1SyBtpqm
If quality is not an issue, GPU-accelerated video encoding might be a good bet. I don't know how old the GPU on the laptop is but there's a chance it supports GPU accelerated h264 encode. ffmpeg can do this, but sometimes it requires extra configuration to enable or properly link to the GPU device on linux
@forestjohnson gonna give this a go, thank you for the tip!