Feature request: rtk wrapper for ffmpeg (strip progress output)
#1.608 geöffnet am 29. Apr. 2026
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Real-world numbers from rtk discover --all --since 30:
| Command | Calls (30d) |
|---|---|
ffmpeg |
21 |
The dominant source of bloat in ffmpeg output is the continuous progress line that ffmpeg writes to stderr while encoding/transcoding, e.g.:
frame= 123 fps= 24 q=28.0 size= 1024kB time=00:00:05.12 bitrate=1638.4kbits/s speed=1.02x
These lines are emitted at high frequency for the duration of the conversion. For long inputs they account for the bulk of the captured output, and almost none of it is useful in an LLM context — the LLM only needs to know the conversion completed (or failed) and the relevant input/output stream summary.
Suggested wrapper behavior:
- Strip lines matching the
^frame=progress format - Keep:
- Input stream description (
Input #0, ...block,Stream #0:0...) - Output stream description (
Output #0, ...block) - Mapping summary (
Stream mapping:block) - Final conversion summary (after the last progress line:
video:Xkb audio:Ykb subtitle:Zkb other streams:..., total time, frames, etc.)
- Input stream description (
- On non-zero exit: keep full stderr (error context preserved)
Methodology: counts come from rtk discover --all --since 30 against the local Claude Code transcript directory.