diff --git a/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/Configuration/PluginConfiguration.cs b/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/Configuration/PluginConfiguration.cs
index 294f565..0d4407e 100644
--- a/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/Configuration/PluginConfiguration.cs
+++ b/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/Configuration/PluginConfiguration.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Plugins;
 
 namespace ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper.Configuration;
@@ -181,4 +182,14 @@ public class PluginConfiguration : BasePluginConfiguration
     /// Gets or sets the notification text sent after automatically skipping an introduction.
     /// </summary>
     public string AutoSkipNotificationText { get; set; } = "Intro skipped";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the number of threads for an ffmpeg process.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int ProcessThreads { get; set; } = 0;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the relative priority for an ffmpeg process.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ProcessPriorityClass ProcessPriority { get; set; } = ProcessPriorityClass.BelowNormal;
 }
diff --git a/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper.csproj b/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper.csproj
index 51ee209..3970a4e 100644
--- a/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper.csproj
+++ b/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper.csproj
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper</RootNamespace>
-    <AssemblyVersion>0.1.14.0</AssemblyVersion>
-    <FileVersion>0.1.14.0</FileVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>0.1.15.0</AssemblyVersion>
+    <FileVersion>0.1.15.0</FileVersion>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/FFmpegWrapper.cs b/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/FFmpegWrapper.cs
index fc0c9d4..95779e6 100644
--- a/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/FFmpegWrapper.cs
+++ b/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/FFmpegWrapper.cs
@@ -400,8 +400,9 @@ public static class FFmpegWrapper
         // for each file that is fingerprinted.
         var prependArgument = string.Format(
             CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
-            "-hide_banner -loglevel {0} ",
-            logLevel);
+            "-hide_banner -loglevel {0} -threads {1} ",
+            logLevel,
+            Plugin.Instance?.Configuration.ProcessThreads ?? 0);
 
         var info = new ProcessStartInfo(ffmpegPath, args.Insert(0, prependArgument))
         {
@@ -425,6 +426,17 @@ public static class FFmpegWrapper
 
         ffmpeg.Start();
 
+        try
+        {
+            ffmpeg.PriorityClass = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration.ProcessPriority ?? ProcessPriorityClass.BelowNormal;
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            Logger?.LogDebug(
+                "ffmpeg priority could not be modified. {Message}",
+                e.Message);
+        }
+
         using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
         {
             var buf = new byte[4096];