Converts a dir with videos into mp4

handbrake_batch

#!/bin/bash

BASE_DIR=/home/andre/
INPUT_DIR=$BASE_DIR/handbrake_input/
OUTPUT_DIR=$BASE_DIR/handbrake_output/
OUTPUT_EXT=mp4
HANDBRAKE=HandBrakeCLI
LOG=$BASE_DIR/handbrake_batch.log

for INPUT in `ls $INPUT_DIR`; do
    INPUT_FILE=$(basename $INPUT)
    OUTPUT_FILE=${INPUT_FILE%.*}.$OUTPUT_EXT
    if [ -f $OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE ]; then
        echo "skipping $INPUT_FILE because $OUTPUT_FILE exists."
        continue
    fi
    echo "processing $INPUT_FILE..."
    HandBrakeCLI -i $INPUT_DIR/$INPUT_FILE -o $OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE -O -U \
        -e x264 -q 26 -E av_aac -B 192 -6 stereo 2>&1 \
        | tee -a $LOG \
        | stdbuf -o0 tr "\r" "\n" \
        | ( while read line; do echo -en "\033[K\rStatus: $line"; done)
    STATUS=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
    echo
    if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "Aborted! Exiting batch conversion..."
        exit 1
    fi
done