What happened to ffmpeg? [OT?]

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 6:26 PM MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I know this isn't strictly about Ubuntu, but...
>
> Within the last month or so, an update for ffmpeg came out (I run
> Xubuntu 20.04.03).
>
> Ever since that update, my video conversions via ffmpeg have taken
> anywhere from 2x to 6x as long as they used to.  Same hardware, same
> memory, same chewing up all 8 CPU threads, but the speed has gone to
> hell.
>
> Does anyone know why this might be?
>
> Feedback appreciated.
>
My power supply died last Monday night and I finally replaced it - no
damage to the machine or its data, of course.  One of the reasons I
love Linux.

I noticed today that the ffmpeg processing seems to be back up to speed.

Is tehre a possible relationship here I'm not aware of?

There was a lot of whining when the disks got busy with the old power
supply that is also now gone.  Hence my suspicions.

For the record, that old power supply did well for me - almost 11
solid years of near-continuous running - only turned off when I moved,
5 times in the last 5 years.  Great piecec of machinery.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Mark