Hardware Selection

Choose the underlying compute for your job using the machine property.

Options

• cpu (default): Dedicated 16-core instances with high-clock-speed CPUs. Best for most encoding tasks.
• nvidia: Instances equipped with an NVIDIA L4 GPU. Use this when your FFmpeg command utilizes GPU encoders like h264_nvenc or hevc_nvenc.

CPU Example

{
  "input_files": { "input.mp4": "https://example.com/video.mp4" },
  "output_files": ["output.mp4"],
  "ffmpeg_commands": ["-i inputs/input.mp4 -c:v libx264 outputs/output.mp4"]
}

NVIDIA Example

{
  "input_files": { "input.mp4": "https://example.com/video.mp4" },
  "output_files": ["output.mp4"],
  "machine": "nvidia",
  "ffmpeg_commands": ["-i inputs/input.mp4 -c:v h264_nvenc outputs/output.mp4"]
}

Notes

GPU workers only help when your FFmpeg command uses GPU decode, encode, or filters. Setting "machine": "nvidia" does not make normal CPU filters run on the GPU.