We use ffmpeg to record a video of the browser window when we run our webdriver.io test. Make sure ffmpeg configuration follow best practices to be as fast as possible and add as little overhead as possible.
AC:
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| selenium: Decrease FFmpeg overhead | mediawiki/core | master | +8 -2 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T408361 Reduce CI overhead/increase speed for webdriver.io tests | |||
| Resolved | Peter | T408328 Decrease FFMPEG overhead for webdriver.io tests |
Change #1198688 had a related patch set uploaded (by Phedenskog; author: Phedenskog):
[mediawiki/core@master] selenium: Decrease ffmoeg overhead
I've made many changes today and looked at the outcome. I think is the best I can do for now.
Change #1198688 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] selenium: Decrease FFmpeg overhead
I quantified the difference here by running on a bare metal server, runnng perf (perf stat -r 50 -- npm run selenium-test) both before and after the change. I tested on a machine with 8 core.