Batch convert videos to 1280x720 H.265

convert-jpgs-to-smaller.sh

convert *.jpg -resize 50% -set filename:f '%t' smaller/'%[filename:f].jpg'

convert-videos-to-1280-720-h265.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Example usage:
# ./convert-videos-to-1280-720-h265.sh /Volumes/EOS_DIGITAL/DCIM/100CANON "*.MOV"

source_dir="$1"
file_pattern="$2"

echo $(ls -l "$source_dir"/$file_pattern)

mkdir -p "$source_dir"/encoded
for f in "$source_dir"/$file_pattern; do
  file_name=$( basename "$f" );
  ffmpeg -i "$f" -c:v libx265 -vtag hvc1 -vf scale=1280:720 -crf 18 "$source_dir/encoded/$file_name";
done;