FFmpeg benchmark tool
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@spectra
- 9 Devlogs
- 15 Total hours
A tool that encode video files and output what configuration are the best in term of speed/size/quality. [No AI]
Ship #1
Pending review
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Hi! I made a benchmarking tool to compare different video processing configurations by quality, size, encoding speed and bitrate.
This tool is shipped with its own little dashboard, with different charts where you can compare the results. There’s also a tab that estimates what would be the best configuration.
I made this tool because I’m also working on a video platform, and this tool was actually really helpful to find out what configuration was the best to save space (in my case).
Surprisingly the most challenging part was the frontend, because it’s raw HTML and I personally prefer working with frameworks.
I already work with bun and typescript for the backend of video platform project (fairplayvideo.org if you can to take a look).
I’m pretty proud of how the code architecture turned out. I think it’s pretty clean.
What should people know to test your project?
The dashboard is available on github pages, but it’s only the dashboard. You’ll have to clone the repo if you want to try the whole flow (the instructions are available on the readme).
Thank you!
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Devlog #9: You can now try the UI of my FFmpeg benchmarking tool on my github page! nafo44.github.io/transcode-bench
Also, I forgot to tell you about this, but I added another tab that shows what’s the best configuration in term of quality/processing time/size.
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Devlog #8: I’m pretty happy of how my FFmpeg transcoding benchmark turned out!
So here’s the new UI. As you can see, I added a bunch of statistics (with chart.js).
Next step: write the documentation and few improvements!
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Devlog #7: A lot has happened! I restructured the results, added few more statistics, and more importantly, you now have the ability to measure the VMAF score of your videos. I think I’m done with the backend, now I’m moving on to the frontend to show you guys some nerd-ish statistics!
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Devlog #6: I just finished cleaning up the code, with a new architecture.
It’s more modular and now the next step is to add some test units!
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I added a simple frontend to my ffmpeg benchmarking tool so you guys can better visualize the concept behind my project!
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Day 4 of working on my FFmpeg benchmarking tool:
I added ffprobe to extract more details from the output file! I also prepared a small web server for a future frontend…
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My FFmpeg benchmarking tool can now run custom benchmarks and export the results in a clean structured file
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You can now build your own benchmark configuration and run it. Next: structure results and validation
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I’m working on an FFmpeg benchmark tool. It can be used to compare different transcoding configurations (first commit, basic stuff for the moment)
