FFmpeg: Speed up compile and FATE tests
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:57 pm
1) FFmpeg build:
By default, FFmpeg compiles/builds using only a single thread.
In order to speed this up, one can run make in parallel mode.
Single threading:
Parallel mode:
"-j" = "-jobs".
"-j6" runs 6 build jobs in parallel.
See: GNU Make Manual: Parallel Execution
2) Run FATE tests:
The speed-gain is tremendous 
By default, FFmpeg compiles/builds using only a single thread.
In order to speed this up, one can run make in parallel mode.
Single threading:
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$ ./configure && make clean && makeCode: Select all
$ ./configure && make clean && make -k -j6"-j6" runs 6 build jobs in parallel.
See: GNU Make Manual: Parallel Execution
2) Run FATE tests:
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$ make -k -j6 fate