Use case

Agencies & Freelancers

Run FFmpeg for client video projects. Pay per project, not per month. Any codec, any format, any size. 6-hour runtimes for long-form edits. GPU encoding for fast turnaround.

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Pain points

Commands

Links

Outcome

Invoice the project. Pay for the processing. No seat licenses, no monthly tax.

Creative agencies, video production studios, freelance editors, and media professionals who deliver finished video files to clients in multiple formats and codecs.

step 01Generate all client deliverables

step 02High-quality ProRes export

step 03Audio normalisation for podcast/video

Problem

Video infra should not own your roadmap

Monthly subscriptions kill project margins

Most video tools charge per-seat per-month. If you have a project-heavy month followed by a quiet month, you're still paying. Usage-based pricing means your tool costs align with your project revenue.

Long-form content needs long runtimes

Feature-length edits, multi-hour event recordings, full course exports — these need more than Lambda's 15-minute ceiling. 6-hour runtimes mean one job per project, not broken chunks.

Client deliverables in every format

Clients want ProRes for archive, H.264 for web, H.265 for future-proofing, and an MP3 for podcasts. Generating all deliverables manually is a time sink.

Why us

Raw FFmpeg power without the worker fleet

Zero monthly minimum — only pay for what you process per project

6-hour runtimes — one job for a feature film, no chunking

Command chaining — generate all deliverable formats in one request

16 vCPU/32 GB dedicated hardware — fast even for 4K/8K source

GPU self-serve — Nvidia encoding for the fastest client turnaround

Real-time logs — watch the encode and catch issues immediately

AI auto-diagnosis — tells you why a render failed before the client asks

Temporary file uploads — no S3 setup needed for client file transfer

Commands

Common FFmpeg commands for Agencies & Freelancers

ffmpeg

Generate all client deliverables

One API call produces ProRes master, H.264 web, and H.265 archive from a single input.

-i {{input}} \
  -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 3 {{master.mov}} \
  -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset slow {{web.mp4}} \
  -c:v libx265 -crf 20 {{archive.mp4}}

ffmpeg

High-quality ProRes export

Export a ProRes 422 HQ master file for client archiving or further editing.

-i {{input}} -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 3 -c:a pcm_s16le {{master.mov}}

ffmpeg

Audio normalisation for podcast/video

Normalise audio to broadcast-standard loudness for client delivery.

-i {{input}} -af "loudnorm=I=-16:LRA=11:TP=-1.5" -c:v copy -c:a aac -b:a 192k {{deliverable.mp4}}

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Use case

Agencies & Freelancers

Run FFmpeg for client video projects. Pay per project, not per month. Any codec, any format, any size. 6-hour runtimes for long-form edits. GPU encoding for fast turnaround.

Try free Read docs

Pain points

Commands

Links

Outcome

Invoice the project. Pay for the processing. No seat licenses, no monthly tax.

Creative agencies, video production studios, freelance editors, and media professionals who deliver finished video files to clients in multiple formats and codecs.

step 01Generate all client deliverables

step 02High-quality ProRes export

step 03Audio normalisation for podcast/video

Problem

Video infra should not own your roadmap

Monthly subscriptions kill project margins

Long-form content needs long runtimes

Feature-length edits, multi-hour event recordings, full course exports — these need more than Lambda's 15-minute ceiling. 6-hour runtimes mean one job per project, not broken chunks.

Client deliverables in every format

Clients want ProRes for archive, H.264 for web, H.265 for future-proofing, and an MP3 for podcasts. Generating all deliverables manually is a time sink.

Why us

Raw FFmpeg power without the worker fleet

Zero monthly minimum — only pay for what you process per project

6-hour runtimes — one job for a feature film, no chunking

Command chaining — generate all deliverable formats in one request

16 vCPU/32 GB dedicated hardware — fast even for 4K/8K source

GPU self-serve — Nvidia encoding for the fastest client turnaround

Real-time logs — watch the encode and catch issues immediately

AI auto-diagnosis — tells you why a render failed before the client asks

Temporary file uploads — no S3 setup needed for client file transfer

Commands

Common FFmpeg commands for Agencies & Freelancers

ffmpeg

Generate all client deliverables

One API call produces ProRes master, H.264 web, and H.265 archive from a single input.

-i {{input}} \
  -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 3 {{master.mov}} \
  -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset slow {{web.mp4}} \
  -c:v libx265 -crf 20 {{archive.mp4}}

ffmpeg

High-quality ProRes export

Export a ProRes 422 HQ master file for client archiving or further editing.

-i {{input}} -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 3 -c:a pcm_s16le {{master.mov}}

ffmpeg

Audio normalisation for podcast/video

Normalise audio to broadcast-standard loudness for client delivery.

-i {{input}} -af "loudnorm=I=-16:LRA=11:TP=-1.5" -c:v copy -c:a aac -b:a 192k {{deliverable.mp4}}

It's actually not bad.

Get an API key in 30 seconds. Your first 2 GB are free. No credit card required.

Try Free

Related use cases

Content Creators & UGC Platforms Podcasts & Audio Pipelines Video SaaS Platforms

Integrations for Agencies & Freelancers

Zapier Make