- The video editing software Vrew uses x86_64 architecture FFmpeg even on Apple Silicon. It's not optimized for Apple Silicon, so it's slow.
- vroom is a script that patches the FFmpeg used by Vrew to the native FFmpeg for Apple Silicon. It replaces the original FFmpeg with the native FFmpeg for Apple Silicon.
- For the detailed information, please visit my medium post (Korean).
lower is better.
- comparison of the performance of the vrew and patched FFmpeg on Apple M2 chip.
- vroom makes the video editing process about 2 times faster.
- Not officially supported by Vrew. Use at your own risk.
- Only for Apple Silicon Macs.
- Requires Homebrew and ARM64 FFmpeg. If you don't have it, vroom will ask you to install it.
- vroom is not responsible for any damage caused by using the patch.
- Run the following command in your terminal.
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BayernMuller/vroom/main/vroom.sh | bash
- vroom will check the required packages and ask you to install them if you don't have them.
[2024-02-14 15:38:39] Checking environment
[2024-02-14 15:38:39] SUCCESS: It's Apple Silicon
[2024-02-14 15:38:39] SUCCESS: Homebrew is installed
[2024-02-14 15:38:39] SUCCESS: FFmpeg is installed
[2024-02-14 15:38:39] SUCCESS: Vrew is installed
[2024-02-14 15:38:39] - Which do you want to do? (install/uninstall): install
[2024-02-14 15:38:41] - Do you want to continue? (y/n): y
[2024-02-14 15:38:43] Installing patch
[2024-02-14 15:38:43] SUCCESS: Installed patch
- If you want to uninstall the patch, write
uninstall
instead of install
when selecting the action.