I do audio processing on Debian Linux, and find that a virtual machine with only one core encodes audio as OGG or AAC just about as fast with eight CPU cores.
Since I lack systematic computer science education, I missed the part about allotting CPU resources, and what I’ve tried so far in Linux seems to be a dead end, so I’ll spare you.
In short, is there a way I can launch an encoder, like fdkaac (non-free) or oggenc so that it will use as much CPU as the system has available?
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. Levels lower (meaning higher priority) than 0 (usually the default) will require root privileges or a specific configuration.