Created my repo Shell Scripts

handbrake-batchconvert.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Script to recursively search a directory and batch convert all files of a given
+# file type into another file type via HandBrake conversion.
+#
+# To run in your environment set the variables:
+#   hbcli - Path to your HandBrakeCLI
+#
+#   dirs - Array of starting directories for recursive search
+#
+#   input_file_type - Input file type to search for
+#
+#   output_file_type  - Output file type to convert into
+#
+###############################################################################
+
+hbcli=/usr/local/bin/HandBrakeCLI
+input_file_type="mkv"
+output_file_type="m4v"
+
+dirs=( '/Users/bruno/Downloads'
+#       '/dir2' 
+       )
+
+
+###############################################################################
+
+echo "# Using HandBrakeCLI at $hbcli"
+echo "# Converting $input_file_type to $output_file_type"
+
+# Convert from one file to another
+convert() {
+	# The beginning part, echo "" | , is really important.  Without that, HandBrake exits the while loop.
+	echo ""# | $hbcli -i "$1" -o "$2" --preset="Apple 720p30 Surround";
+}
+
+# Iterate over the array of directories
+for i in "${dirs[@]}"
+do
+  echo "Processing source directory: " $i
+
+  # Find the files and pipe the results into the read command because the read command properly handles spaces in directories and files names.
+  find "$i" -name *.$input_file_type | while read in_file
+  do
+        echo "Processing file..."
+	echo ">Input  "$in_file
+
+	# Replace the file type
+	out_file=$(echo $in_file|sed "s/\(.*\.\)$input_file_type/\1$output_file_type/g")
+	echo ">Output "$out_file
+
+	# Convert the file
+	convert "$in_file" "$out_file"
+
+	if [ $? != 0 ]
+        then
+            echo "$in_file had problems" >> handbrake-errors.log
+        fi
+
+	echo ">Finished "$out_file "\n\n"
+  done
+done
+
+echo "DONE CONVERTING FILES"
+echo -en "\007"
+echo -en "\007"
+echo -en "\007"