Converts, imports, and then removes downloaded video files in a folder, and its subfolders, into Python.

Convert Movies.py

import os
from os.path import join
from subprocess import call


source_directory = '/Users/ygbhygb/Documents/Torrents/To Be Converted'
output_directory = '/Users/ygbhygb/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically Add to iTunes'
video_endings = ['.avi', '.mkv']
hb_options = '--preset="universal"'
hbcli_path = '/Applications/HandBrakeCLI'


def path_error(OSError):
    raise OSError

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(source_directory, onerror=path_error):
    for name in files:
        if any(name.endswith(file_ending) for file_ending in video_endings):
            call("{} -i {} -o {}".format(
                    hbcli_path.replace(' ', '\ '),
                    join(root, name).replace(' ', '\ '),
                    join(output_directory, name).replace(' ', '\ '),
                    hb_options),
                shell=True)
            call('rm {}'.format(join(root,name)))