plex.py

import os, subprocess, json

directory = "Z:\plex\movies"
if not directory:
    directory = input("Enter directory: ")

for filename in os.listdir(directory):
    path = os.path.join(directory, filename)
    cmd = ['ffprobe', '-v', 'quiet', '-print_format', 'json', '-show_format', '-show_streams', path]
    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    data = proc.stdout.read()
    data = json.loads(data)

    if not 'streams' in data:
        print("{} - Skipping non video file".format(filename))
        continue
    streams = data['streams']

    for stream in streams:
        if stream['codec_type'] != 'video':
            print("{} #{} - Skipping non video stream: {}".format(filename, stream['index'], stream['codec_type']))
            continue
        
        if  stream['codec_name'] in ['hevc', 'h264', 'h265']:
            print("{} #{} - Skipping video stream, already is: {}".format(filename, stream['index'], stream['codec_name']))
            continue

        codec = 'h264'
        print("{} #{} - Encoding video stream to {} from {}".format(filename, stream['index'], codec, stream['codec_name']))

        # encode to h264: ffmpeg -i abom.mkv -c:v h264 abom.mp4

        # remove extra video streams too https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19651272/multiple-video-streams-in-one-feed-ffmpeg
            

    # print(streams)