The various options in SnapStream allow you to create a wide variety of tasks for the system to process, and it's possible to create more tasks than the system can run at a single time.
How does SnapStream decide how tasks are prioritized in the queue?
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Between tasks of the same type, SnapStream will always process tasks in the order in which they were submitted or created.
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Clipping, moving, and other simple tasks can be performed by any SnapStream node.
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ShowSqueeze (transcode) and SmartSkip (commercial detection) tasks will only be performed on nodes that have the Processor Intensive option enabled, in the Machine settings page.
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The number of processor-intensive tasks that can be performed on a single server node is limited according to an algorithm.
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Even if all nodes are performing the maximum number of processor-intensive tasks, clips will still be created, one at a time. In addition, transcodes of clips shorter than 15 minutes (by default- this can be configured in Transcoding settings) will be "jumped" to the front of the transcoding queue, and one of these will be processed at a time when processing power becomes available.
If you have questions about how the Task queue is handled, contact SnapStream support for more information.
