FFmpeg taking too long to process video (x264)

Question

I am succesfully processing my video into x264. I am happy with the output and file size I am generating, but the video seems to take as long as the video is to process.

For example, if the video is 10 seconds long, it will take 10 seconds to process the video, etc...

Even if I put -crf 50, it will take the same time. I find this odd behaviour.

Note: I am using FFmpeg with FFmpegKit (React Native): https://github.com/tanersener/ffmpeg-kit

I am using full-gpl in order to be able to encode to x264. I am not sure what is wrong here or if this is normal behaviour?

Here is my FFmpeg command I am executing:

`-y -i ${media.path} -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -tune fastdecode -crf 20 -vf "crop=1350:1080, scale=960:780" -c:a copy -movflags faststart ${path}`

I appreciate all the help I can get here to speed this up / fix this issue.

Cheers!