Compress raw video into Matroska container

compress_raw_video.sh

date >> log.txt
echo 'Starting job' >> log.txt
sudo systemctl stop fahclient.service
sudo systemctl status --full fahclient.service

for src in *avi ; do
    date >> log.txt ;
    echo "Starting conversion for $src" >> log.txt ;
    dst="$(echo $src | sed -e 's/\.avi$//')".mkv ;
    ffmpeg -ac 2 -channel_layout stereo -i "$src" -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 17 -pix_fmt yuv422p -c:a pcm_s16le "$dst" ;
    date >> log.txt ;
    echo "Finished conversion, created $dst" >> log.txt ;
done

sudo systemctl start fahclient.service
sudo systemctl status --full fahclient.service
date >> log.txt
echo 'Ended job' >> log.txt