bulk-encode.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

function usage {
    echo -e "\nusage: $0 [src_dir] [dest_dir] [tmp_dir]\n"
    exit 1
}

if [[ $# != 3 ||  $@ == "--help" ]]
then
  usage
  exit 0
fi

src_dir=$1
output_dir=$2
tmp_dir=$3

mkdir -p "${output_dir}"

args=("${src_dir}" -name *.mkv)


find "${args[@]}" | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0 ls -rt | (
  while read src_file; do
      file_name=`basename "${src_file}" ".mkv"`

      tmp_src_file="${tmp_dir}/${file_name}.mkv"
      tmp_dest_file="${tmp_dir}/${file_name}.m4v"
      
      echo `date` "Copying ${src_file} to ${tmp_src_file}"
      cp "${src_file}" "${tmp_src_file}"
      
      echo `date` "Starting handbrake"

      dest_file="${output_dir}/${file_name}.m4v"
      HandbrakeCLI --input "${tmp_src_file}" --output "${tmp_dest_file}" --preset "Apple 1080p60 Surround" < /dev/null

      echo `date` "Copying ${tmp_dest_file} to ${dest_file}"
      cp "${tmp_dest_file}" "${dest_file}"

      echo `date` "Cleaningup ${tmp_dest_file}"
      rm "${tmp_dest_file}"

      echo `date` "Cleaningup ${tmp_src_file}"
      rm "${tmp_src_file}"
  done
)