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Convert/compress videos in a directory with ffmpeg
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| #!/usr/bin/env ruby | |
| require 'shellwords' | |
| def usage | |
| puts <<~HEREDOC | |
| Usage: | |
| ./video-converter.rb [dir] | |
| to convert mov/avi files to mp4 with H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec" | |
| HEREDOC | |
| end | |
| if ARGV.length > 1 | |
| usage | |
| exit 1 | |
| end | |
| dir = ARGV.length == 1 ? ARGV[0] : '.' | |
| unless Dir.exist?(dir) | |
| puts "\e[31mDirectory #{dir} not found\e[0m" | |
| exit 1 | |
| end | |
| output_dir = './output' | |
| Dir.chdir(dir) | |
| Dir.mkdir(output_dir, 0755) unless Dir.exist?(output_dir) | |
| Dir.glob('*.{avi,mov,mp4}') do |filename| | |
| basename = filename.split('.')[0] | |
| input_filename = Shellwords.shellescape(filename) | |
| output_filename = Shellwords.shellescape("#{output_dir}/#{basename}.mp4") | |
| puts "\n\e[32mConverting #{input_filename} to #{output_filename}\e[0m" | |
| system("ffmpeg -i #{input_filename} -vcodec h264 #{output_filename}") | |
| end |
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