Media Processing Pipeline

Release Snapshot (March 2026)

• Status: Active
• Type: CLI video processing utility
• Core tooling: ffprobe + ffmpeg
• CI checks: C build + C++ syntax check

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CLI utility to generate lower-resolution variants from a single source video using ffprobe + ffmpeg.

What It Does

Given one input video file, the pipeline:

1. Detects source resolution with ffprobe
2. Creates an output folder named after the source file stem
3. Copies the original source into that folder
4. Produces subordinate resolutions (for example: 1080p -> 720p, 480p, 360p, 240p, 144p)

Output naming format:

<stem>/<stem> <resolution>.mp4

Implementations

• process_video.c (cross-platform oriented C implementation)
• process_video.cpp (C++ implementation; currently tuned for Windows _popen)

Prerequisites

• ffmpeg available on PATH
• ffprobe available on PATH
• C/C++ compiler (depending on implementation)

Build

C (macOS/Linux)

cc process_video.c -o process_video

C (Windows, MinGW)

gcc process_video.c -o process_video.exe

C++ (Windows, MinGW)

g++ process_video.cpp -std=c++17 -o process_video_cpp.exe

Usage

./process_video input.mp4

Windows:

process_video.exe input.mp4

Example

Input:

video.mp4 (1080p)

Generated:

video/video 1080.mp4
video/video 720.mp4
video/video 480.mp4
video/video 360.mp4
video/video 240.mp4
video/video 144.mp4

Notes

• The tool currently preserves audio stream via -c:a copy.
• Processing time depends on source duration, resolution, and machine performance.