<p>What is the exact reason of this warning in ffmpeg</p>

<pre><code>Thread message queue blocking; consider raising the thread_queue_size option (current value: 8)
</code></pre>

<p>Im sending through the pipe yuv420 video to ffmpeg and streaming to youtube. When warning appears i get fps drops.
Increasing value will help for a while. </p>

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2017-03-27T08:20:47.090Z
What did you raise it to?
Gyan
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2017-03-27T08:24:30.213Z
512, above im hitting ram limit(rasbperry pi 3)
Radek Luner
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ffmpeg - thread_queue_size
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# ffmpeg - thread_queue_size

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-27)

What is the exact reason of this warning in ffmpeg
Thread message queue blocking; consider raising the thread_queue_size option (current value: 8)

Im sending through the pipe yuv420 video to ffmpeg and streaming to youtube. When warning appears i get fps drops.
Increasing value will help for a while.

**Tags:** ffmpeg

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What did you raise it to?  
> **username_0**: 512, above im hitting ram limit(rasbperry pi 3)  

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