dashcam 1.0.1-beta.7 → 1.0.1-beta.8

package/lib/ffmpeg.js

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ export async function createSnapshot(inputVideoPath, outputSnapshotPath, snapsho
     '-i', inputVideoPath,
     '-frames:v', '1',
     '-vf', 'scale=640:-1:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease:eval=frame',
-    '-pred', 'mixed',
-    '-compression_level', '100',
+    '-compression_level', '6', // Use default compression (was 100, which is extremely slow)
     outputSnapshotPath,
     '-y',
     '-hide_banner'

package/lib/recorder.js

@@ -279,13 +279,13 @@ export async function startRecording({
   const platformArgs = await getPlatformArgs({ fps, includeAudio });
   const outputArgs = [
     '-c:v', 'libvpx-vp9',  // Use VP9 codec for better quality and compression
-    '-quality', 'good',    // Use good quality preset for better encoding
-    '-cpu-used', '2',      // Higher quality encoding (0-5, lower = slower but better quality)
-    '-deadline', 'good',   // Good quality encoding mode
-    '-b:v', '5M',          // Higher bitrate for better quality
+    '-quality', 'realtime', // Use realtime quality preset for lower CPU usage
+    '-cpu-used', '5',      // Faster encoding (0-5, higher = faster but lower quality)
+    '-deadline', 'realtime', // Realtime encoding mode for lower latency/CPU
+    '-b:v', '2M',          // Lower bitrate to reduce CPU load (was 5M)
     // Remove explicit pixel format to let ffmpeg handle conversion automatically
     '-r', fps.toString(),   // Ensure output framerate matches input
-    '-g', '30',            // Keyframe every 30 frames
+    '-g', '60',            // Keyframe every 60 frames (reduced frequency)
     // WebM options for more frequent disk writes
     '-f', 'webm',          // Force WebM container format
     '-flush_packets', '1', // Flush packets immediately to disk

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dashcam",
-  "version": "1.0.1-beta.7",
+  "version": "1.0.1-beta.8",
   "description": "Minimal CLI version of Dashcam desktop app",
   "main": "bin/index.js",
   "bin": {