Run ffmpeg from docker container to convert video file to mp4. Requires docker to be installed.

encode.sh

#! /bin/bash
set -e


if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Uses ffmpeg in a docker container, to convert a video file to an mp4"
  echo "Missing argument. "
  echo "encode.sh <VIDEO_TO_ENCODE>"
  echo "encode.sh movie.wmv"
  exit 1
fi


if [ -z "$2" ]; then
  VIDEO=video.mp4
  THUMBNAIL=thumbnail.jpg
else
  VIDEO=$2.mp4
  THUMBNAIL=$2.jpg
fi

FFMPEG="docker run -v $(pwd):$(pwd) -w $(pwd) jrottenberg/ffmpeg"

SOURCE_LINK=$1

# $FFMPEG -i $SOURCE_LINK -c copy -map_metadata 0 -map_metadata:s:v 0:s:v -map_metadata:s:a 0:s:a -f ffmetadata meta.txt
echo "********* Creating thumbail -> $THUMBNAIL *****************"
echo
echo

$FFMPEG -y -i $SOURCE_LINK -vframes 1 -an -s 300x300 $THUMBNAIL
$FFMPEG -y -stats -i $SOURCE_LINK $VIDEO

echo
echo "********* Transcoding $SOURCE_LINK -> $VIDEO *****************"
echo