warn users about slow AV1 encoding speed when codec is selected

JonnyBurger · claude · JonnyBurger · commit 8316891558dd · 2026-03-25T14:40:50.000+01:00
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) &lt;noreply@anthropic.com&gt;
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/get-codec-name.ts b/packages/renderer/src/get-codec-name.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ export const getCodecName = ({
 	}
 
 	if (codec === 'av1') {
+		Log.warn(
+			{indent, logLevel},
+			'AV1 encoding is significantly slower than other codecs. Consider using h264 or h265 if encoding speed is important.',
+		);
 		return {encoderName: 'libaom-av1', hardwareAccelerated: false};
 	}
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ export const getCodecName = ({`
`126`	`126`	`}`
`127`	`127`
`128`	`128`	`if (codec === 'av1') {`
	`129`	`+ Log.warn(`
	`130`	`+ {indent, logLevel},`
	`131`	`+ 'AV1 encoding is significantly slower than other codecs. Consider using h264 or h265 if encoding speed is important.',`
	`132`	`+ );`
`129`	`133`	`return {encoderName: 'libaom-av1', hardwareAccelerated: false};`
`130`	`134`	`}`
`131`	`135`