remove '$NPROC' and instead use all available processes on machine

    - echo "DUT_RELEASE_TAG $DUT_RELEASE_TAG"

    - MSBuild.exe .\Workspace_msvc\Workspace_msvc.sln /property:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=win32 /m

    - mv IVAS_cod.exe IVAS_cod_dut.exe

    - mv IVAS_dec.exe IVAS_dec_dut.exe

    - mv IVAS_rend.exe IVAS_rend_dut.exe

    # checkout current branch with codec_be_to_accepted_release be-test

    - git checkout $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA

    # encoder, constant brate

    - $zero_errors_enc_const_br_ref=0

    - ("& python -m pytest .\tests\codec_be_to_accepted_release\encoder\test_encoder_constant_bitrate.py --update_ref 1 --html=logs/report-enc-const_br-ref.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=logs/report-junit-enc-const_br-ref.xml --ref_encoder_path IVAS_cod_ref.exe --ref_decoder_path IVAS_dec_ref.exe --testcase_timeout 40 -n $NPROC | out-null") | Invoke-Expression

    - ("& python -m pytest .\tests\codec_be_to_accepted_release\encoder\test_encoder_constant_bitrate.py --update_ref 1 --ref_encoder_path IVAS_cod_ref.exe --ref_decoder_path IVAS_dec_ref.exe --html=logs/report-enc-const_br-ref.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=logs/report-junit-enc-const_br-ref.xml --testcase_timeout 40 | out-null") | Invoke-Expression

    - IF (!(Select-String logs/report-junit-enc-const_br-ref.xml -Pattern 'errors="0"')){$zero_errors_enc_const_br_ref=1; echo "Errors encountered"}

    - $zero_errors_enc_const_br_dut=0

    - ("& python -m pytest .\tests\codec_be_to_accepted_release\encoder\test_encoder_constant_bitrate.py --html=logs/report-enc-const_br-dut.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=logs/report-junit-enc-const_br-dut.xml --testcase_timeout 40 -n $NPROC | out-null") | Invoke-Expression

    - ("& python -m pytest .\tests\codec_be_to_accepted_release\encoder\test_encoder_constant_bitrate.py --dut_encoder_path IVAS_cod_dut.exe --dut_encoder_path IVAS_dec_dut.exe --html=logs/report-enc-const_br-dut.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=logs/report-junit-enc-const_br-dut.xml --testcase_timeout 40 | out-null") | Invoke-Expression

    - IF (!(Select-String logs/report-junit-enc-const_br-dut.xml -Pattern 'errors="0"')){$zero_errors_enc_const_br_dut=1; echo "Errors encountered"}

    - IF($zero_errors_enc_const_br_ref -ne 0 -or $zero_errors_enc_const_br_dut -ne 0 ) {echo "Errors encountered"; exit $EXIT_CODE_FAIL}