[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg script

[Shaun Nixon]

Thanks again.  Can't wait to get home tonight fire up Mint and try it out.
Good call on #rm for now

On Feb 8, 2018 9:11 AM, "Steve Boyer" <steveboyer85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 7:13 AM, Shaun Nixon <nixon.shaun73 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > thanks, appreciate the help Steve:
> > I am at work at present and will try your suggestions when i get home
> > tonight; however, does this seem to make sense.
>
>
> Likewise, at work without access to my Linux boxes. Untested code follows.
>
> >
> > Two scripts  1) has the ' *find <directory> -iname '*.ts' -type f
> -execdir
> > /path/to/script.sh "{}" \;*'  data and calls script.sh.
> >                      2) script.sh
> >
> >
> The first would just be a find command. If you wanna script that, that
> works too, so you don't have to remember the command. Laziness for the win!
>
>
> > can i modify script.sh to include multiple '*then*' statements?
> > e.g.
> >
> > script.sh
> > #! /bin/bash
> > if [ ! -e lock ];
> > then touch lock;
> > if ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -vf scale=-1:720 -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset
> > ultrafast -c:a copy $(basename "$i" .ts) "$i.mp4";
> >
>
> Heads up - you're mixing $1 (argument 1) with $i (variable i). Should all
> be $1 if you were having the find command above find, execute the script
> and pass the filename as the argument.
>
> *then*
> > * ccextractor "$x" -o "$y".srt  *
> >
>
> Variables x and y aren't in use. You could probably do something like:
>
> ccextractor "$1" -o "$(basename "$1" .ts).srt"
>
>
> > then
> > rm "$1";
> > fi
> >
> > And honestly, it might just be easier to do a nested "if" statement:
>
> if ffmpeg blah blah blah
> then
> if ccextractor "$1" -o "$(basename "$1" .ts).srt"
> then
> rm "$1";
> fi
> fi
>
> That said, I'm not sure what ccextractor's return codes are. If you are
> willing to just throw caution to the wind, could just do:
>
> if ffmpeg blah blah blah
> then
> ccextractor "$1" -o "$(basename "$1" .ts).srt"
> rm "$1";
> fi
>
>
>
>
> > is this likely to be a solution that will scan entire multimedia hdd (if
> i
> > put in correct path by find statement) and then ffmpeg the .ts to .mp4
> then
> > extract closed caption info, then remove the .ts files?
> >
> > Assuming it doesn't break anything, yes, that's my understanding. I would
> comment out (or just leave out alltogether) the "rm" portion until you are
> confident you have working the way you like it. Once you rm a file, it'd be
> a pain to get it back.
>
>
> > shaun
>
>
> Steve
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