"Waited too long for processing, ending file"

Topaz Video Bugs and Issues
1

Half the time I convert, I get the error message in the title.

The error always occurs and only occurs at the end of the converted file, resulting in the last 10 frames being cut off. The number at the end (here 11) probably indicates the number of cut frames.

I see this has been reported before, but nothing has been done about it.

ffmpeg started on 2026-05-14 at 21:59:09
Report written to “ffmpeg-20260514-215909.log”
[…]
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:30.28
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:30.79
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:31.30
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:31.81
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:32.32
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:32.83
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:33.34
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:33.84
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:34.35
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:34.86
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:35.37
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:35.87
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:36.38
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:36.89
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:37.40
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:37.91
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:38.41
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:38.92
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:39.43
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:39.93
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:40.44
frame= 187 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9039606KiB time=00:00:03.11 bitrate=23736411.4kbits/s speed=0.000341x elapsed=2:32:40.95
Waited too long for processing, ending file 11
[out_#0:0 @ 000001775DE5D6C0] EOF on sink link out_#0:0:default.
[fc#0 @ 000001775AD29400] Filtergraph returned EOF, finishing
[fc#0 @ 000001775AD29400] All consumers returned EOF
[vost#0:0/rawvideo @ 000001775AD50D00] [enc:rawvideo @ 000001775880B100] Encoder thread received EOF
[Parsed_tvai_up_0 @ 000001775DE5DE00] Uninit called for prob-4 0
[vost#0:0/rawvideo @ 000001775AD50D00] Terminating thread with return code 0 (success)
frame= 188 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 size= 9088206KiB time=N/A bitrate=N/A speed=N/A elapsed=2:32:41.46
[out#0/nut @ 0000017758866E40] All streams finished
[out#0/nut @ 0000017758866E40] Terminating thread with return code 0 (success)
[fc#0 @ 000001775AD29400] Terminating thread with return code 0 (success)
[AVIOContext @ 000001775AC29040] Statistics: 9405857041 bytes written, 0 seeks, 287093 writeouts
[out#0/nut @ 0000017758866E40] Output file #0 (pipe:):
[out#0/nut @ 0000017758866E40] Output stream #0:0 (video): 189 frames encoded; 189 packets muxed (9405849600 bytes);
[out#0/nut @ 0000017758866E40] Total: 189 packets (9405849600 bytes) muxed
[out#0/nut @ 0000017758866E40] video:9185400KiB audio:0KiB subtitle:0KiB other streams:0KiB global headers:0KiB muxing overhead: 0.000079%
frame= 189 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 Lsize= 9185407KiB time=00:00:03.15 bitrate=23864026.9kbits/s speed=0.000344x elapsed=2:32:55.99
[in#0/nut @ 000001775AC2AA40] Input file #0 (pipe:):
[in#0/nut @ 000001775AC2AA40] Input stream #0:0 (video): 200 packets read (9953280000 bytes); 200 frames decoded; 0 decode errors;
[in#0/nut @ 000001775AC2AA40] Total: 200 packets (9953280000 bytes) demuxed
[AVIOContext @ 000001775AC29880] Statistics: 9953287860 bytes read, 0 seeks

Exiting with exit code 0

ffmpeg-20260514-215909.zip (84.7 KB)

2

The ffmpeg log snippet is showing really slow processing speeds as its set to run with the CPU and its a 4k file at 59.94 fps. That’s going to be really slow and time out like you are seeing as its struggling to run.

3

Yes, but:

  1. The Proteus filter on my APU performs MUCH better on the CPU.
  2. The error ONLY occurs on the last frames – it’s very slow but stable throughout the entire file (regardless of size).

A temporary solution is to add a dozen or so frames at the end, which can be trimmed by Topaz’s ffmpeg. But that’s just a workaround.