Ruby script to convert MOV files to mp4.

convert-mov-to-mp4.rb

# Usage:
# 
# 1) cd <my-directory-with-mov-files>
# 2) ruby convert-mov-to-mp4.rb
#
mov_files = Dir[Dir.pwd() + "/*.MOV"]

mov_files.each do |file|
  puts "Processing file: #{ file }"
  # extract the basename for renaming
  basename = File.basename(file, File.extname(file))
  # run the conversion in the shell
  command = "ffmpeg -i #{ file } -vcodec copy -acodec copy #{ basename }.mp4"
  puts "Run: #{ command }"
  wasGood = system( command )
  puts wasGood
end