FFmpeg-Builds VS gitlab-runner

Right now, I use ffmpeg to encode AV1 videos using libaom-av1 that comes with the BtbN ffmpeg daily auto static builds for Linux. The command would look like:

{ "ffmpeg": { "linux": { "amd64": [ "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-linux64-gpl.tar.xz", "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-linux64-gpl-shared.tar.xz", "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-linux64-lgpl.tar.xz", "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-linux64-lgpl-shared.tar.xz", "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-amd64-static.tar.xz", "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-linux64-gpl.tar.xz", "https://ffmpeg.martin-riedl.de/redirect/latest/linux/amd64/snapshot/ffmpeg.zip", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-n6.0-latest-linux64-gpl-6.0.tar.xz", "https://ffmpeg.martin-riedl.de/redirect/latest/linux/amd64/release/ffmpeg.zip", "https://github.com/eugeneware/ffmpeg-static/releases/download/b6.0/ffmpeg-linux-x64.gz", "https://github.com/q3aql/ffmpeg-builds/releases/download/v5.1.2/ffmpeg-5.1.2-linux-gnu-64bit-build.tar.bz2", "https://github.com/ffbinaries/ffbinaries-prebuilt/releases/download/v4.4.1/ffmpeg-4.4.1-linux-64.zip" ], "i686": [ "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-i686-static.tar.xz", "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-i686-static.tar.xz", "https://github.com/q3aql/ffmpeg-builds/releases/download/v5.1.2/ffmpeg-5.1.2-linux-gnu-32bit-build.tar.bz2", "https://github.com/ffbinaries/ffbinaries-prebuilt/releases/download/v4.4.1/ffmpeg-4.4.1-linux-32.zip" ], "arm64": [ "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-linuxarm64-gpl.tar.xz", "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-linuxarm64-gpl-shared.tar.xz", "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-linuxarm64-lgpl.tar.xz", "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-linuxarm64-lgpl-shared.tar.xz", "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-arm64-static.tar.xz", "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-arm64-static.tar.xz", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-linuxarm64-gpl.tar.xz", "https://ffmpeg.martin-riedl.de/redirect/latest/linux/arm64/snapshot/ffmpeg.zip", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-n6.0-latest-linuxarm64-gpl-6.0.tar.xz", "https://ffmpeg.martin-riedl.de/redirect/latest/linux/arm64/release/ffmpeg.zip", "https://github.com/eugeneware/ffmpeg-static/releases/download/b6.0/ffmpeg-linux-arm64.gz", "https://github.com/ffbinaries/ffbinaries-prebuilt/releases/download/v4.4.1/ffmpeg-4.4.1-linux-arm-64.zip" ], "armhf": [ "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-armhf-static.tar.xz", "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-armhf-static.tar.xz", "https://github.com/ffbinaries/ffbinaries-prebuilt/releases/download/v4.4.1/ffmpeg-4.4.1-linux-armhf-32.zip" ] "armel": [ "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-armel-static.tar.xz", "https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-armel-static.tar.xz", "https://github.com/ffbinaries/ffbinaries-prebuilt/releases/download/v4.4.1/ffmpeg-4.4.1-linux-armel-32.zip" ], "arm": [ "https://github.com/eugeneware/ffmpeg-static/releases/download/b6.0/ffmpeg-linux-arm.gz" ], "ia32": [ "https://github.com/eugeneware/ffmpeg-static/releases/download/b6.0/ffmpeg-linux-ia32.gz" ] }, "windows": { "x64": [ "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip", "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl-shared.zip", "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-lgpl.zip", "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-lgpl-shared.zip", "https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-essentials.7z", "https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-essentials.7z", "https://jeremylee.sh/bins/ffmpeg.7z", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl-shared.zip", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-n6.0-latest-win64-gpl-6.0.zip", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-n6.0-latest-win64-gpl-shared-6.0.zip", "https://github.com/streamlink/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/20230310-1/ffmpeg-n6.0-3-g0e11aafb08-win64-gpl-6.0.zip", "https://github.com/ShareX/FFmpeg/releases/download/v6.0/ffmpeg-6.0-win64.zip", "https://github.com/eugeneware/ffmpeg-static/releases/download/b6.0/ffmpeg-win32-x64.gz", "https://github.com/AnimMouse/ffmpeg-autobuild/releases/download/m-2023-09-19-10-02/ffmpeg-fa20f5c-6e49997-win64-nonfree.7z", "https://www.videohelp.com/download/ffmpeg-6.0-essentials_build.7z", "https://www.videohelp.com/download/ffmpeg-6.0-full_build.7z", "https://www.videohelp.com/download/ffmpeg-6.0-full_build-shared.7z", "https://github.com/AnimMouse/ffmpeg-stable-autobuild/releases/download/m-2023-04-11-16-37/ffmpeg-n6.0-3e8c1fa-win64-nonfree.7z", "https://github.com/marierose147/ffmpeg_windows_exe_with_fdk_aac/releases/download/%2336/ffmpeg-n5.1.2-win64-nonfree.7z", "https://github.com/ottverse/ffmpeg-builds/raw/master/ffmpeg-20210804-65fdc0e589-win64-static.zip", "https://github.com/ottverse/ffmpeg-builds/raw/master/ffmpeg-20210804-65fdc0e589-win64-shared.zip", "https://github.com/q3aql/ffmpeg-builds/releases/download/v5.1.2/ffmpeg-5.1.2-win-64bit-build.zip", "https://github.com/dvhh/ffmpeg-wos-arm64-build/releases/download/main/ffmpeg-wos-arm64.zip", "https://github.com/ffbinaries/ffbinaries-prebuilt/releases/download/v4.4.1/ffmpeg-4.4.1-win-64.zip", "https://github.com/OKaluza/ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/raw/main/ffmpeg-4.3.1-win64-static.zip", "https://github.com/OKaluza/ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/raw/main/ffmpeg-4.3.1-win64-shared.zip", "https://archive.org/download/zeranoe/win64/static/ffmpeg-latest-win64-static.zip", "https://archive.org/download/zeranoe/win64/shared/ffmpeg-latest-win64-shared.zip", "https://archive.org/download/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds.zip/win64%2Fstatic%2Fffmpeg-20200831-4a11a6f-win64-static.zip", "https://archive.org/download/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds.zip/win64%2Fstatic%2Fffmpeg-4.3-win64-static.zip", "https://archive.org/download/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds.zip/win64%2Fstatic%2Flgpl%2Fffmpeg-4.3-win64-static-lgpl.zip", "https://archive.org/download/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds.zip/win64%2Fshared%2Fffmpeg-4.3-win64-shared.zip", "https://archive.org/download/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds.zip/win64%2Fshared%2Flgpl%2Fffmpeg-20200831-4a11a6f-win64-shared.zip", "https://archive.org/download/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds/ffmpeg_zeranoe-builds.zip/win64%2Fshared%2Flgpl%2Fffmpeg-4.3-win64-shared-lgpl.zip" ], "x86": [ "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win32-gpl.zip", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win32-gpl-shared.zip", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-n6.0-latest-win32-gpl-6.0.zip", "https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-n6.0-latest-win32-gpl-shared-6.0.zip", 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I downloaded FFmpeg from here (ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip) and installed following this guide, but when I right click and clip an audio it doesn't work? It just downloads it normally

Some more information here. The GitHub user has already removed repo from the code and uses a tarball now.

https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/commit/d75466340a9a598...

Reddit Blackout has failed, but you should under no circumstances be posting 1gb videos of noise on every subreddit you can find in an effort to suffocate reddits bandwidth and processors, and you absolutely shouldnt download ffmpeg from https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-n6.0-latest-win64-gpl-6.0.zip and then extract it to your C:/ drive, open the command prompt and type "cd C:/ffmpeg", and then proceed to copy paste the line below:

You probably can use ffmpeg for that.

The FFmpeg project itself has never provided compiled binaries. If you ever want support from them, you'll have to use a compiled version from the latest source. That's why I also provided a link to the BtbN daily builds. (John Van Sickle's builds are not quite up to date)

You are not using latest FFmpeg, right? Here, our official binaries: https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/tag/latest

Used ffmpegif anyone is wondering

You have to manually use a more updated version. Such as this one: https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-n6.0-latest-linux64-gpl-6.0.tar.xz

#!/bin/bash # ### Script to initialize a GitLab runner on an existing AWS EC2 instance with NVME disk(s) # # - script is not interactive (can be run as user_data) # - will reboot at the end to perform NVME mounting # - first NVME disk will be used for GitLab custom cache # - last NVME disk will be used for Docker data (if only one NVME, the same will be used without problem) # - robust: on each reboot and stop/start, disks are mounted again (but data may be lost if stop and then start after a few minutes) # - runner is tagged with multiple instance data (public dns, IP, instance type...) # - works with a single spot instance # - should work even with multiple ones in a fleet, with same user_data (not tested for now) # # /!\ There is no prerequisite, except these needed variables : MAINTAINER=zenika RUNNER_NAME="majestic-runner" GITLAB_URL=https://gitlab.com/ GITLAB_TOKEN=XXXX # prepare docker (re)install sudo apt-get -y install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release sysstat curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list >/dev/null sudo apt-get update # needed to use the docker.list # install gitlab runner curl -L "https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/runner/gitlab-runner/script.deb.sh" | sudo bash sudo apt-get -y install gitlab-runner # create NVME initializer script cat </home/ubuntu/nvme-initializer.sh #!/bin/bash # # To be run on each fresh start, since NVME disks are ephemeral # so first start, start after stop, but not on reboot # inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45167717/mounting-a-nvme-disk-on-aws-ec2 # date | tee -a /home/ubuntu/nvme-initializer.log ### Handle NVME disks # get NVME disks bigger than 100Go (some small size disk may be there for root, depending on server type) NVME_DISK_LIST=\$(lsblk -b --output=NAME,SIZE | grep "^nvme" | awk '{if(\$2>100000000000)print\$1}' | sort) echo "NVME disks are: \$NVME_DISK_LIST" | tee -a /home/ubuntu/nvme-initializer.log # there may be 1 or 2 NVME disks, then we split (or not) the mounts between GitLab custom cache and Docker data export NVME_GITLAB=\$(echo "\$NVME_DISK_LIST" | head -n 1) export NVME_DOCKER=\$(echo "\$NVME_DISK_LIST" | tail -n 1) echo "NVME_GITLAB=\$NVME_GITLAB and NVME_DOCKER=\$NVME_DOCKER" | tee -a /home/ubuntu/nvme-initializer.log # format disks if not sudo mkfs -t xfs /dev/\$NVME_GITLAB | tee -a /home/ubuntu/nvme-initializer.log || echo "\$NVME_GITLAB already formatted" # this may already be done sudo mkfs -t xfs /dev/\$NVME_DOCKER | tee -a /home/ubuntu/nvme-initializer.log || echo "\$NVME_DOCKER already formatted" # disk may be the same, then already formated by previous command # mount on /gitlab-host/ and /var/lib/docker/ sudo mkdir -p /gitlab sudo mount /dev/\$NVME_GITLAB /gitlab | tee -a /home/ubuntu/nvme-initializer.log sudo mkdir -p /gitlab/custom-cache sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/docker sudo mount /dev/\$NVME_DOCKER /var/lib/docker | tee -a /home/ubuntu/nvme-initializer.log ### reinstall Docker (which data may have been wiped out) # docker (re)install sudo apt-get -y reinstall docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin | tee -a /home/ubuntu/nvme-initializer.log echo "NVME initialization succesful" | tee -a /home/ubuntu/nvme-initializer.log EOF # set NVME initializer script as startup script sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/nvme-initializer.service >/dev/null <

GitLab team member here, thanks for sharing.

> Still not a big fan of how stiff Yaml pipelines feel in Gitlab CI

Maybe the pipeline editor in "Build > Pipeline editor" can help with live linting, or more advanced features such as parent-child pipelines or merge trains.

If you need tips for optimizing the CI/CD pipeline, suggest following these tips in the docs https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/pipeline_efficiency.... or a few more tips in my recent talk "Efficient DevSecOps pipelines in cloud-native world", slides from Chemnitz Linux Days 2023 in https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_kyGo_cWi5dKyxi3BfYj...

> and that tickets for what seems like a simple feature [1] hang around for years, but it is nice.

Thanks for sharing. (FYI for everyone) The linked issue suggests a Docker cache cleanup script, which might be helpful. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27332#n... -> https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/docker.html#clear-t...

If only competitors could do better...

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/2797

GitLab MR for the CACHE_COMPRESSION_LEVEL implementation

And in general just making caching stuff easier. I feel like it is unnecessarily complicated for example to cache apt-get in Gitlab which I assume makes most people not do it.

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/991#not...