Benchmarks

This live sample measures the MediaFilez pipeline from a public URL to a validated file ready for Discord. It does not include Discord API upload time.

31 / 42

Ready to upload

Completed under the harness cap

2.35 s

Median completed run

From URL to validated artifact

24

Source hosts completed

Hosts with at least one validated artifact

500 MiB

Source file ceiling

A real size limit, not a marketing metric

Median completed run time

42 public URLs · same VPS · one worker at a time · updated September 29, 2026

2.35

MediaFilez s

  1. yt-dlp18 completed runs
    4.45
  2. gallery-dl16 completed runs
    2.84
  3. MediaFilez31 completed runs
    2.35

Completion rate

Same 42 public URLs · 45-second harness cap · updated September 29, 2026

74

MediaFilez %

  1. MediaFilez31 of 42 runs
    74
  2. yt-dlp18 of 42 runs
    43
  3. gallery-dl16 of 42 runs
    38

Successful engine routes

Completed runs only · 31 artifacts · updated September 29, 2026

11

Cobalt jobs

  1. CobaltX, TikTok, and public media hosts
    11
  2. gallery-dlPinterest, Reddit, Imgur, and Flickr
    6
  3. yt-dlpYouTube, Pinterest, Loom, and Odnoklassniki
    6
  4. Direct HTTPfive direct media URLs
    5
  5. Reddit embedtwo public Reddit posts
    2
  6. Page metadataone public Vimeo page
    1

Public suite completion

42 public URLs · same VPS · one attempt per worker · updated September 29, 2026

74

MediaFilez pipeline %

1.9×

higher completion than gallery-dl

  1. MediaFilez pipeline31 of 42 artifacts
    74
  2. yt-dlp18 of 42 artifacts
    43
  3. gallery-dl16 of 42 artifacts
    38

Direct Imgur file time

One shared direct MP4 · same VPS · same 500 MiB ceiling · updated September 29, 2026

427

MediaFilez pipeline ms

6.9×

faster than yt-dlp

  1. yt-dlpyt-dlp CLI
    2.96
  2. gallery-dlgallery-dl CLI
    2.19
  3. MediaFilez pipelinedirect HTTP
    427

Try it against your own links.

Invite MediaFilez, run a job, and open Nerd Info, or clone the repo and measure the same public links yourself.

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