


So, I received an email from an acquaintance that read, “I was curious if there is actually any benefit to a “threads=” type custom command in x264. Don’t just learn FFmpeg become an expert in video compression. The level of testing and analysis detailed here is consistent with the instruction in my book, Learn to Produce Videos with FFmpeg In 30 Minutes or Less ($34.95), and my course, FFmpeg for Adaptive Bitrate Production ($29.95) (which includes a PDF copy of the book). This article details how the FFmpeg threads command impacts performance, overall quality, and transient quality for live and VOD encoding.
