Ubuntu 20.04 sudden crash while processing, how to know why?

[Karl Auer]

On Sat, 2021-03-13 at 11:43 +0100, Bo Berglund wrote:
> Is there a way in Ubuntu to limit CPU usage for a command like ffmpeg
> which uses up a lot of CPU, possibly overheating the whole system?

cpulimit works even in the absence of CPU contention (unlike nice).

https://biplane.com.au/blog/?p=315

Article's a bit old now but I doubt cpulimit has changed much.

Regards, K.

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