Compress your Media Libraries with latest h.265 encoding HEVC by NVIDIA NVENC with the help of ffmpeg linux

compressor.py

import os 
import sys
import subprocess
import time

def compress(files):

    for file in files:
       
        prefix = os.getcwd() + "/"  + "compressed" + "/" + file
        file = os.getcwd() + "/" + file

        os.system(("nohup ffmpeg -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i {} -c:v hevc_nvenc   -preset slow -rc vbr_hq -cq 20  {}  >/dev/null 2>&1  & ").format(file,prefix))
        
        print(f"process for {prefix} created")
        
    print("Wait for next batch")
    time.sleep(3600)



def get_file_names():
    dir = os.getcwd()
    file_names = []
    for file in os.listdir(dir):
        if file.endswith(".mkv"):
            file_names.append(file)
    return file_names

def create_batches(file_names):
    for i in range(0, len(file_names), 3):
        yield file_names[i:i + 3]


def main():
    file_names = get_file_names()
    batches = list(create_batches(file_names))
    for files in batches:
        compress(files)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    os.mkdir("compressed")
    main()