I have a lot of video files (over 1000) that I need to convert to H.265/HVEC. The videos range in length from a few minutes to a couple of hours. Most are 1080p. My plan is to do them in batches at night on my laptop using ffmpeg. It's a pretty high-end Dell XPS 15 with the following specs:
- 64GB DDR4-2666MHz, 2x32G
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5
- 2TB PCIe Solid State Drive
- 9th Generation Intel Core i9-9980HK (16 MB Cache, 8 Core)
- Xubuntu 20.04
My concern is whether this much video conversion will put up too much wear and tear on my computer, and I'll end up with one or more burnt-out pieces of hardware before I'm done. Ultimately, I have two questions:
- Is it safe to do this much video conversion on my laptop?
- If so, are there any steps I should take to minimize the wear and tear on my machine (ffmpeg flags, closing other applications, turning a fan on my laptop while it runs, etc.)?
I appreciate any help the community can provide me. Thanks!