Convert MXF files to MP4 using FFmpeg

mxf2mp4.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script for converting MXF video files to different to other file formats.

for i in *.MXF; do
 if [ -e "$i" ]; then
   file=`basename "$i" .MXF`
   # MP4 file with default settings + deinterlacing
   ffmpeg -i "$i" -c:v libx264 -vf yadif "$file.mp4"

   # Create AVI video file with MJPEG compression that works with QTM and Matlab
   # ffmpeg -i "$i" -c:v mjpeg -q:v 3 -acodec pcm_s16le -ar 44100 "$name_conv.avi";

   # Create uncompressed audio file
   # ffmpeg -i "$i" -acodec pcm_s16le "$name_conv.wav";

   # Create thumbnail from the first image in the video file
   ffmpeg -i "$i" -vf "thumbnail" -frames:v 1 "$file.png"
 fi
done