FFmpeg 0.9.4
Since* 0.7
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Pass the images of input video on to next video filter as multiple slices.

ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "slicify=32" out.avi

The filter accepts the slice height as parameter. If the parameter is not specified it will use the default value of 16.

Adding this in the beginning of filter chains should make filtering faster due to better use of the memory cache.