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Plex/Synology script to repair mkv files
#!/opt/bin/bash
#
# Fixes MKV files to be more complient to XMBC, PLEX and other media server / players.
# Work for OSX. Needs mkvtoolnix (http://www.downloadbestsoft.com/MKVToolNix.html)
#
#####################################################################################
##
## PREFERENCES
##
PATH="/opt/bin:$PATH"
export LC_ALL=C
# filename for logfile
LOGFILE="./repairMKV.log"
# latest working mkvtoolnix version
MKVWORKS=5.8.0
##
#####################################################################################
##
## DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING BELOW FROM HERE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
##
#####################################################################################
checkMKV() {
FILE=$1
# temp filename for our corrected .mkv file
FILEPATHTMP="${FILE}_tmp.mkv"
echo "Filename: $FILE" >> $LOGFILE
echo -e "\nFilename: $FILE"
echo "Temp Filename: $FILEPATHTMP" >> $LOGFILE
if [[ -n $FORCED ]]
then
repairMKV
else
checkCompression
if [[ $? -eq 3 ]]
then
MKVVERSION=`mkvinfo --ui-language en_US "$FILE" | grep "Writing" | awk '{print $6}'`
MKVVERSION=${MKVVERSION:1}
if [[ -z $MKVVERSION ]]
then
echo 'Unable to get the mkv version from your file!' | tee -a $LOGFILE
else
if [[ $MKVVERSION > $MKVWORKS ]]
then
if [[ $MKVMERGEVERSION > 5.8.0 ]]
then
checkDate
if [[ $CREATEDATE > $MODIFYDATE ]]
then
echo "Repair is necessary, mkv file version is $MKVVERSION" | tee -a $LOGFILE
if [[ -z $SIMULATION ]]
then
repairMKV
fi
else
echo "Repair is not necessary, you already fixed that file" | tee -a $LOGFILE
fi
else
echo "Repair is necessary, mkv file version is $MKVVERSION" | tee -a $LOGFILE
if [[ -z $SIMULATION ]]
then
repairMKV
fi
fi
else
echo "Repair is not necessary, mkv file version is not higher than $MKVWORKS it is $MKVVERSION" | tee -a $LOGFILE
fi
fi
fi
fi
}
checkCompression() {
COMPRESS=`mkvinfo --ui-language en_US "$FILE" | grep -i compress`
if [[ -z $COMPRESS ]]
then
echo "File is not compressed"
return 3
else
echo "Repair is needed, file is compressed"
if [[ -z $SIMULATION ]]
then
repairMKV
return $?
else
return 0
fi
fi
}
checkDate() {
# get the date when the mkv was created and get the date when the file was last modified
CREATEDATE=`stat -f "%B" "$FILE"`
## we add 10 seconds to the $CREATEDATE because otherwise the $CREATEDATE will be always smaller than the $MODIFYDATE
CREATEDATE=`expr $CREATEDATE + 10`
MODIFYDATE=`stat -f "%m" "$FILE"`
}
repairMKV() {
echo "Starting with repair.." | tee -a $LOGFILE
if [[ $MKVMERGEVERSION > 5.8.0 ]]
then
mkvmerge -o $FILEPATHTMP --compression -1:none --engage no_cue_duration,no_cue_relative_position $FILE | tee -a $LOGFILE
else
mkvmerge -o $FILEPATHTMP --compression -1:none $FILE | tee -a $LOGFILE
fi
# check if we had an error during the remerge process
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]
then
# delete the "defect" file
rm "$FILE"
# rename the new file to the original name
mv "$FILEPATHTMP" "$FILE"
echo "Repair successfully completed"
return 0
else
echo "An error occured. Temp file will be deleted." >> $LOGFILE
echo "An error occured, please check the logfile $LOGFILE. Temp file will be deleted."
rm "$FILEPATHTMP"
return 0
fi
}
#####################################################################################
#####################################################################################
SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
echo "#####################################################################################" >> $LOGFILE
date >> $LOGFILE
# installed mkvmerge version
MKVMERGEVERSION=`mkvmerge -V | awk '{print $2}'`
MKVMERGEVERSION=${MKVMERGEVERSION:1}
echo "Installed mkvtoolnix version: $MKVMERGEVERSION" >> $LOGFILE
# save the filename in a variable
FILEPATH="$1"
# if we get no argument script will stop
if [[ -z $FILEPATH ]]
then
echo "No file or folder passed to the script. See help with ./repairMKV.sh -h"
exit
fi
if [[ "$1" = "-h" ]]
then
echo './repairMKV.sh <file or folder> [options]'
echo -e " \nOptions:"
echo -e " -s \t Simulation mode, no files will be altered."
echo -e " -f \t Forced mode, repair mkv anyway."
echo -e " -h \t Show this help."
exit
fi
if [[ -n $2 ]]
then
if [[ "$2" = "-s" ]]
then
echo 'This is a simulation!' | tee -a $LOGFILE
SIMULATION=$2
elif [[ "$2" = "-f" ]]
then
echo 'This is a forced repair!' | tee -a $LOGFILE
FORCED=$2
fi
fi
# check if the 2nd letter of the filepath is a /, if so then we remove the first letter. This is necessary for sickbeard.
if [[ "${FILEPATH:1:1}" = '/' && "${FILEPATH:0:1}" = u ]]
then
FILEPATH=`echo ${FILEPATH:1}`
fi
# check if filepath is a folder
if [[ -d $FILEPATH ]]
then
echo "Input argument is a folder: $FILEPATH" >> $LOGFILE
# searching for files which end with .mkv and size min. 100MB (to skip the samples)
for x in $(find $FILEPATH -name *.mkv -type f)
do
checkMKV $x
done
# check if filepath is a file
elif [[ -f $FILEPATH ]]
then
echo "Input argument is a file: $FILEPATH" >> $LOGFILE
checkMKV $FILEPATH
else
echo "Wrong input: $FILEPATH. This is not a file nor folder!"
fi
IFS=$SAVEIFS
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