Transcode a directory of videos
transcode ~/Videos/ ~/ConvertedVideos- Converts video/audio files in
~/Videos/to~/VideosConverted/
Usage: target/debug/transcode [OPTION]... INPUT_DIRECTORY OUTPUT_DIRECTORY [INPUT_FILE]...
Options:
-d, --dry-run No paths are created or updated
-h, --help Display this help and exit
-f, --format Set the output format
Examples of the --format option:
--format=mkv,h264,18,normal,opus,192
- Shows progress for individual files and total progress
- Shows ETA for individual files and total ETA
- Takes directory as input, automatically identify audio/video files within.
- Copies files that are already in the target format instead of processing.
Currently the only target format is hardcoded and is:
| Container | Audio | Video |
|---|---|---|
| Matroska | Opus 192k | h.264 4.1 |
- Install rust (https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/downloads.html)
- Install ffmpeg (https://ffmpeg.org/download.html)
- Run
cargo install transcode - Run
~/.cargo/bin/transcode(you can add~/.cargo/bin/toPATH)
I ran into the problem of having many video files of various formats that needed to run on a raspberry pi. So i needed a script to convert all of them for playback in a format that raspberry pi can run.
You could of course just loop through all the files. Though i found the following issues:
Problems:
- There is no ETA on when the script will finish.
- Files would be scattered in the file system.
So i decided i wanted to write a more specific program for the job.