This script recurses through the file hierarchy, converting .MOD video files into .mp4 files with ffmpeg.
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#!/bin/bash | |
# This script recurses through the file heirarchy, converting .MOD video files into .mp4 files with ffmpeg. | |
# usage: cd into the directory that you want to perform this script, then run "./convert.sh ." | |
MODext=MOD | |
MP4ext=mp4 | |
# walk through a directory recusively, | |
recurse_dir() { | |
for i in "$1"/*; do | |
if [ -d "$i" ]; then | |
echo -e "searching dir: $i...\n" | |
recurse_dir "$i" | |
elif [ -f "$i" ]; then | |
if [[ ${i: -4} == ".MOD" ]]; then | |
dest=${i%.$MODext}.$MP4ext | |
echo -e "\nconverting file: $i..." | |
# feel free to tweak ffmpeg parameters below according to your needs | |
`ffmpeg -i "$i" -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 2800k -acodec aac -ab 384k -ar 48000 "$dest" -n -nostdin` | |
RC=$? # get the return code from ffmpeg | |
if [ "${RC}" -ne "0" ]; then | |
# Do something to handle the error. | |
echo -e "ERROR code from ffmpeg: $RC\n" | |
else | |
# Everything was ok. | |
echo -e "removing file: $i...\n" | |
rm "$i" | |
fi | |
fi | |
fi | |
done | |
} | |
# try get path from param | |
path="" | |
if [ -d "$1" ]; then | |
path=$1; | |
else | |
path="/tmp" | |
fi | |
echo -e "base path: $path" | |
recurse_dir $path |
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