gopro-compress.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# This script will compress videos from GoPro Hero 5 using h.265 codec.

USAGE="Usage: $0 file1 file2 ... fileN"

if [ "$#" == "0" ]; then
        echo "$USAGE"
        exit 1
fi


while (( "$#" )); do

srcFile="$1"
dstFile=$(echo "$srcFile" | sed 's/\.mp4$//i')".m4v"

echo "Converting '$srcFile' into '$dstFile' ..."

HandBrakeCLI -i "$srcFile" -o "$dstFile" -e x265 -q 14 -r 30 -B 128

echo "Done converting '$srcFile' into '$dstFile'."

shift

done # end while