html5VideoHandBrakeFolder.sh

#!/bin/sh

#############################################
#  Output file for HTML5 video              #
#  Requirements:                            #
#    - handbrakecli                         #
#                                           #
#  usage:                                   #
#   ./html5VideoHandBrakeFolder.sh  folder  #
#                                           #
#############################################


target_directory='converted'

for FILE in "$1"/*
do

  file=`basename $FILE`
  filename=${file%.*}
  filepath=`dirname $FILE`


  destination="$filepath/$target_directory"
  
  if ! test -d "$destination"
  then
    mkdir $destination
  fi

  HandBrakeCLI -i $filepath/$file -o $destination/$filename.mp4 --encoder x264 --vb 900 --ab 128 --optimize

done

I made a recursive parallel version to convert my own library. Maybe it helps someone until Streama can do server-side conversion.

Great!! thank you :)