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Why would uploading the video to a SaSS, paying them to run FFmpeg, and downloading the result be cheaper than running FFmpeg yourself?
by 6yyyyyy 4y ago
Why would uploading the video to a SaSS, paying them to run FFmpeg, and downloading the result be cheaper than running FFmpeg yourself?
- jdminhbg 4y agoI don’t know if it actually is cheaper, but it certainly could be cheaper if the SaaS is running hardware/software optimized for FFMpeg and your Rails app/db server that is hosting a Mastodon instance is not.
- 2Gkashmiri 4y agoencoding is free