Windows Powershell to recurse through all directories and transcode into HEVC x265 with FFMPEG

FindAndTranscodeTox256.ps1

# Search through directories for videos and compress t x265 Codec (append x265 to the original file name and possibly rename old file with .orig) also convert sound to aac as well
# Create a new file, exclude any existing x265 filename appended files and don't convert WhatsApp videos already compressed or copied from phone (VID*)
# Change 'D:\Temp\ffmpeg' to the path where your FFMPEG executable is
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File -Exclude VID-*,*x265* -Include *.mp4,*.mov,*.avi | Foreach  {
	$newname = $_.fullname.subString(0, $_.fullname.Length-4)  + "_x265.mp4"; 
	#$oldname = "$($_.basename).orig$($_.extension)";
	D:\Temp\ffmpeg -i $_.fullname -c:v libx265 -preset slow -crf 23 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -y $newname; 
	echo "Saving as: $($newname)";
	#echo "Renaming original file: $($_.fullname) as $($oldname)";
	#rename-item -path $_.fullname -newname "$($_.basename).orig$($_.extension)"
}