From 0473f784ce405b351d4e097bce1f1adfa2d9bff1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hyperling <me@hyperling.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:32:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Testing some changes to process-video to see if uploads can
 get more compressed than we're already doing.

---
 rc_shared.sh | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rc_shared.sh b/rc_shared.sh
index 12554d2..ac4153f 100644
--- a/rc_shared.sh
+++ b/rc_shared.sh
@@ -420,7 +420,12 @@ function process-video {
 	if [[ -z $size ]]; then
 		size="720"
 	fi
-	size="-filter:v scale=-1:$size"
+	# Lanczos is good for upscaling, but this is usually used for downscaling.
+	if [[ ! -z "$PV_VERTICAL_ASPECT_RATIO" ]]; then
+		size="-filter:v scale=$size:-1" #:flags=lanczos"
+	else
+		size="-filter:v scale=-1:$size" #:flags=lanczos"
+	fi
 
 	if [[ -z $passes ]]; then
 		passes=1
@@ -431,15 +436,35 @@ function process-video {
 		pass="-pass 2"
 	fi
 
+	v2=""
+	if [[ ! -z "$PV_V2" ]]; then
+		v2="-preset veryslow -c:a aac -ar 48000" # -profile:v high
+	fi
+
+	time=""
+	if [[ ! -z "$PV_TIME" ]]; then
+		time="`which time`"
+	fi
+
+	quiet="-hide_banner -loglevel quiet"
+	if [[ ! -z "$PV_TIME" && -z "$time" ]]; then
+		quiet=""
+	fi
+
+	if [[ ! -z "$PV_CBR" ]]; then
+		video="-crf 18 -preset veryslow"
+	fi
+
 	## Main ##
 	# More information on two-pass processing with ffmpeg
 	# https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/CinelerraGG_Manual/Two_pass_Encoding_with_FFmp.html
 	if [[ $passes == 2 ]]; then
 		set -x
-		ffmpeg -nostdin -hide_banner -loglevel quiet \
+		$time ffmpeg -nostdin $quiet \
 			-i "$file" $size $video $audio \
 			-filter:a "dynaudnorm=f=33:g=65:p=0.66:m=33.3" \
 			-vcodec libx264 -movflags +faststart \
+			$v2 \
 			-pass 1 -f mp4 /dev/null -y
 		status=$?
 		set +x
@@ -451,10 +476,11 @@ function process-video {
 	fi
 
 	set -x &&
-	ffmpeg -nostdin -hide_banner -loglevel quiet \
+	$time ffmpeg -nostdin $quiet \
 		-i "$file" $size $video $audio \
 		-filter:a "dynaudnorm=f=33:g=65:p=0.66:m=33.3" \
 		-vcodec libx264 -movflags +faststart \
+		$v2 \
 		$pass "$newfile"
 	status="$?"
 	set +x
@@ -477,6 +503,11 @@ function process-video {
 		echo "ERROR: New file not created or has a 0 size." >&2
 	fi
 
+	unset PV_VERTICAL_ASPECT_RATIO
+	unset PV_V2
+	unset PV_TIME
+	unset PV_CBR
+
 	echo -e "\n`date` - Finished with status '$status'."
 	return $status
 }
@@ -484,6 +515,22 @@ alias pv="process-video"
 alias fn='basename `pwd`' # Folder Name
 alias qpv='pv ./raw/YouCut*.mp4 `fn`.mp4' # Quick Process Video
 
+alias set-pv-short='export PV_VERTICAL_ASPECT_RATIO="y" '
+alias pvs='set-pv-short; pv '
+
+alias set-pv2='export PV_V2="y" '
+alias pv2='set-pv2; pv '
+alias pvs2='set-pv-short; set-pv2; pv '
+
+alias set-pv-time='export PV_TIME="y" '
+alias tpv='set-tpv; pv '
+alias tpv2='set-tpv; set-pv2; pv '
+alias tpvs='set-tpv; set-pv-short; pv '
+alias tpvs2='set-tpv; set-pv-short; set-pv2; pv '
+
+alias set-pv-verbose='export PV_VERBOSE="y" '
+alias set-pv-all=""
+
 # Allow converting video to audio and other smaller
 # tasks than what process-video is intended to do.
 function basic-process-usage {