Script for ffmpeg: Splits media files with the given extension into 5 minute chunks

ffmpeg-split-into-5min-chunks.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if the number of arguments is less than 1
if [ "$#" -lt 2 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <input_folder> <extension>"
    exit 1
fi

# Path to the folder containing the files
input_folder="$1"

# File extension to target
extension="$2"

# Check if the input folder exists
if [ ! -d "$input_folder" ]; then
    echo "Error: Input folder '$input_folder' does not exist."
    exit 1
fi

# Loop through all files in the folder
for file in "$input_folder"/*."${extension}"; do
    filename=$(basename -- "$file")
    filename_without_extension="${filename%.*}"

    # Check duration of the input file
    duration=$(ffprobe -i "$file" -show_entries format=duration -v quiet -of csv="p=0")

    # Check if the duration is longer than 5 minutes (300 seconds)
    if (( $(echo "$duration > 300" | bc -l) )); then
        # Split the file into 5 minute chunks
        ffmpeg -i "$file" -c copy -map 0 -segment_time 300 -f segment -reset_timestamps 1 "${input_folder}/${filename_without_extension}-%d.${extension}"
    else
        echo "Skipping $filename, duration is less than 5 minutes."
    fi
done