Recording / spawning ffmpeg processes

[csadoian 36]

Is it typical for Emby to spawn two ffmpeg processes when recording a program?

 

My server is presently recording a single program and nothing else is being watched, yet there are two ffmpeg processes showing up.  One is running about 115MB while the other is running around 15MB.

 

I DO have NVENC turned on, and it appears to be active during the recording.

 

There is also activity on the SSD which is my dedicated transcoding temporary path (Drive E:)

 

I'm just curious why TWO ffmpeg instances would be necessary during a record.

 

Logs attached.

 

 

logs.zip

[csadoian 36]

I should correct the above post ... I said nothing else was going on, but I am watching a live baseball game on an Android TV box using Direct Play (no transcoding).

[Luke 42086]

One is for recording and one is for playback. Does that answer your question?

[csadoian 36]

Do you mean playback of my baseball game?  It's Direct Play, no transcoding.

 

If you mean the program that's being recorded, it's not being watched right now.  Just recordered.  So why would a ffmpeg be running for playback?

 

(I assume "playback" means being played back on a client somewhere).

[homerfan 3]

I believe he means that the other one is for playback of live TV. Just in case you want to pause or rewind.

[csadoian 36]

I believe he means that the other one is for playback of live TV. Just in case you want to pause or rewind.

I figured as much but since there was no viewing going on of the program being recorded at the time I didn't see a point to having the process running, consuming memory and CPU cycles for nothing.

Edited September 3, 2017 by csadoian