If you really had a lot of ffmpeg work to do, then GNU xargs can let you run the jobs in parallel, one for each of your available CPUs. You can even adjust the

If you really had a lot of ffmpeg work to do, then GNU xargs can let you run the jobs in parallel, one for each of your available CPUs. You can even adjust the number of processes up or down by sending the xargs parent the appropriate signals. https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/parallel-shells-xargs-utilize-all-your-cpu-cores-unix-and-windows https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/parallel-shells-xargs-u...