Batch transcode a directory of video files to another directory, with your desired codecs and whatnot

transcoder.sh

#!/bin/bash

# These paths should either be relative to the current directory
# or full system paths.

SOURCE_PATH="Camera_Original"
DEST_PATH="Prores"

# wildcard for files to process
FILES="*.MXF"

# Prores 'flavor'
# 0 = 422 Proxy
# 1 = 422 LT
# 2 = 422 Normal
# 3 = 422 HQ
FLAVOR=1

# FFmpeg arguments/options
FFMPEG_OPT="-vcodec prores -profile:v ${FLAVOR} -acodec pcm_s16le"

# Container wrapper format (file extension, mov, avi, etc)
WRAPPER="mov"

# Verbosity level: quiet, panic, fatal, error, warning, info, verbose
VERBOSITY="warning"


######################################################################
## DO NOT CHANGE BELOW THIS LINE
######################################################################

clear
for FILE in $SOURCE_PATH/$FILES
do
  FILENAME=$(basename "$FILE")
  CURRENT="${FILENAME%%.*}"
  echo "Processing $CURRENT..."
  ffmpeg -i $FILE $FFMPEG_OPT -v $VERBOSITY $DEST_PATH/$CURRENT.$WRAPPER
done

Nice