From bdcb2b685e8d9f100f0d3d2d5d5d887a47c62796 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fiatcode <fiatcode@posteo.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:45:53 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: resolve deadlock during video encoding by suppressing
 ffmpeg stdout/stderr logs

---
 src/faceblur/encode.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/faceblur/encode.py b/src/faceblur/encode.py
index 6dbd953..362aded 100644
--- a/src/faceblur/encode.py
+++ b/src/faceblur/encode.py
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ def encode_video(
     height, width = first_frame.shape[:2]
 
     # Build FFmpeg encode command
-    ffmpeg_cmd = ["ffmpeg", "-y"]
+    ffmpeg_cmd = ["ffmpeg", "-y", "-v", "error"]
     ffmpeg_cmd.extend(enc_in_args)
     ffmpeg_cmd.extend(
         [
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ def encode_video(
     proc = subprocess.Popen(
         ffmpeg_cmd,
         stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
     )