We got this debate if we should release lower resolutions within a day and air 8K later or hold on some 5-7 days until we manage to transcode 8K 1h long videos and have a release.
Also SLR is known for super high quality encodings that also take much longer time compared to fast encodings even in 8K. Curios if we want to lower the standard for faster encodings.
We use up to 16 threads per encoding process and up to 5 servers per scene to encode different resolutions in parallel. 7680x4320 @ 60 fps 1 hour long video takes 2 days to encode at the highest priority when the encoder is not overloaded with tasks.
But sometimes, it happens that we receive several hundred encoding tasks within a few hours and it makes everything slower than usual, but most of the time we have enough capacity to process videos at a usual speed.
We do all the encodings in-house and are looking for a dedicated service provider to streamline it.
Potentially we can have profile slider the same like for JAV and Compilations
