How do I enable FFMPEG logging and where can I find the FFMPEG log file?

Question

I want to be able to log FFMPEG processes because I am trying to work out how long a minute of video takes to convert to help with capacity planning of my video encoding server.

Answer 1

You can find more debugging info just simply adding the option -loglevel debug, full command will be

ffmpeg -i INPUT OUTPUT -loglevel debug -v verbose