[MacOS] Convert Movie to MP4 using FFMPEG

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[MacOS] Convert Movie to MP4 using FFMPEG

For terminal

Install

chmod +x <path/to/movie2mp4.sh>

ln -s <path/to/movie2mp4.sh> /usr/local/bin/movie2mp4

Usage

movie2mp4 /path_to_movie_file

For context menu

1. Open Automator
2. Choose Quick Action
3. Actions -> Library -> Run Shell Script
4. Workflow receives current -> movie files -> in Finder
5. Pass input -> as arguments
6. Paste code to Shell section
7. Save Quick Action by press Cmd+S then enter your context menu title (i.e: Movie2MP4)

Enjoy 😄

convert-movie2mp4.mp4

movie2mp4.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

file_path=$(printf "%q" "$1")
src_folder=$(dirname "$file_path")
src_file=$(basename "$file_path")
src_name="${src_file%.*}"
file_ext="${src_file##*.}"
dest_file="$src_folder/$src_name.mp4"
ffpmeg_params=""

case "$file_ext" in
  mov)
    ffpmeg_params="-vcodec h264 -acodec mp2"
    ;;
  webm)
    ffpmeg_params="-fflags +genpts -r 24"
    ;;
  *)
    ;;
esac

if [ ! -z "$ffpmeg_params" ]; then
  convert_cmd="/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i $file_path $ffpmeg_params $dest_file"
  /usr/bin/env bash -c "$convert_cmd"
fi