Plex DVR File Rename on FFMPEG Encoding - bash

I'm currently using a bash shell script to encode all of my Plex DVR recordings to H.264 using FFMPEG. I'm using this little for loop I found online to encode all of the files in a single directory:
for i in *.ts;
do echo "$i" && ffmpeg -i "$i" -vf yadif -c:v libx264 -preset veryslow -crf 22 -y "/mnt/d/Video/DVR Stash/Seinfeld/${i%.*}.mp4";
done
This has served its purposes well but in the process I would like to rename the file to my preferred naming convention so that the original filename Seinfeld (1989) - S01E01 - Pilot.ts is renamed to Seinfeld S01 E01 Pilot.mp4 in the encoded file. While I am already using a regular expression to change the .ts extension to .mp4, but I'm no expert with regex, especially in the bash shell so any help would be appreciated.
For anyone that's interested in my Plex setup, I'm using an old machine running Linux Mint as my dedicated DVR and actually accessing it over the network with my daily driver which is a gaming machine, so more processing power for video encodes. While that one is a Windows machine, I'm using the Ubuntu bash under WSL2 to run my script, as I prefer it over the Windows command prompt or Powershell (my day job is a web developer on a company issued Mac). So here's a sample of my code for anyone that might consider doing something similar.
if [[ -d "/mnt/sambashare/Seinfeld (1989)" ]]
then
cd "/mnt/sambashare/Seinfeld (1989)"
echo "Seinfeld"
for dir in */; do
echo "$dir/"
cd "$dir"
for i in *.ts;
do echo "$i" && ffmpeg -i "$i" -vf yadif -c:v libx264 -preset veryslow -crf 22 -y "/mnt/d/Video/DVR Stash/Seinfeld/${i%.*}.mp4";
done
cd ..
done
fi
While I've considered doing a for loop for all shows, for now I am doing each show like this individually as there are a few shows I have custom encoding settings for

A small revision from your code, something like this, with extglob
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [[ -d "/mnt/sambashare/Seinfeld (1989)" ]]; then
cd "/mnt/sambashare/Seinfeld (1989)" || exit
echo "Seinfeld"
for dir in */; do
echo "$dir/"
cd "$dir" || exit
for i in *.ts; do
shopt -s extglob
new_file=${i//#( \(*\)|- )}
new_file=${new_file/E/ E}
new_file=${new_file%.*}
echo "$i" &&
ffmpeg -i "$i" -vf yadif -c:v libx264 -preset veryslow -crf 22 -y "/mnt/d/Video/DVR Stash/Seinfeld/${new_file}.mp4"
shopt -u extglob
done
cd ..
done
fi
The string/glob/pattern slicing might fail if there is/are E's in the file name somewhere besides the episode.
With BASH_REMATCH using the =~ operator for Extended Regular Expression. This will work even if there are more E's in the filename.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [[ -d "/mnt/sambashare/Seinfeld (1989)" ]]; then
cd "/mnt/sambashare/Seinfeld (1989)" || exit
echo "Seinfeld"
for dir in */; do
echo "$dir/"
cd "$dir" || exit
for i in *.ts; do
regex='^(.+) (\(.+\)) - (S[[:digit:]]+)(E[[:digit:]]+) - (.+)([.].+)$'
[[ $i =~ $regex ]] &&
new_file="${BASH_REMATCH[1]} ${BASH_REMATCH[3]} ${BASH_REMATCH[4]} ${BASH_REMATCH[5]}"
echo "$i" &&
ffmpeg -i "$i" -vf yadif -c:v libx264 -preset veryslow -crf 22 -y "/mnt/d/Video/DVR Stash/Seinfeld/${new_file}.mp4"
done
cd ..
done
fi
Added a cd ... || exit just to make sure that the script stops/exits if there is/are errors when trying to cd to somewhere and not to continue the script.

Related

handbrakecli/ffmpeg command to encode and auto filename(Ubuntu)

I have 2 preset .json files(from the GUI version on windows) to convert mkv to mp4.
converts to h264 and adds subtitle 1
converts to h264
I'm only trying to get no.2 to work at this stage.
for i in `*.mkv`; do HandBrakeCLI --preset-import-file HPRESET.json -Z "MYPRESET" --output *.mp4; done
no output name
HandBrakeCLI -i $1 --preset-import-gui HPRESET.json -Z "MYPRESET" --output $1.mp4
errors on output name
for i in `*.mkv`; do HandBrakeCLI --title $i --preset "Very Fast 1080p30" --output *.mp4; done
errors on output name AND not valid preset.
$ for i in `seq 4`; do HandBrakeCLI --input /dev/dvd --title $i --preset Normal --output NameOfDisc_Title$i.mp4; done
copied this from another stackoverflow question, but outputs as 1.mp4 and then 2.mp4 etc.
You can extract the filename without extension with something like that:
noext=${i%.*}
Example:
╰─$ for i in *.mkv; do echo "$i"; noext=${i%.*}; echo "$noext"; done
asdf.mkv
asdf
test.mkv
test
Same loop, different notation:
for i in *.mkv
do
#put the commands you want to run after "do" and before "done"
echo "$i"
noext=${i%.*}
echo "$noext"
done
Note that the for command will search any file in the current directory ending with .mkv. For each file it has found, it will save the files name into the variable $i, then execute the commands after do, then save the next files name into the variable $i and execute the commands between do and done. It will repeat that cycle until every file which has been found is processed.
As I have no experience with handbrake presets, here a solution with ffmpeg:
for i in *.mkv
do
#put the commands you want to run after "do" and before "done"
noext=${i%.*}
ffmpeg -i "$i" -c:v libx264 -c:a copy -c:s copy "$noext.mp4"
done

Problems with ffmpeg input filenames when using bash script

I'm trying to use ffmpeg to convert some .m4a audio files to .mp3, and have come across something that has me stumped. I'd like to create the .mp3 in the same location and with the same filename as the .m4a, and so I'm using a combination of find/exec and a bash script to do this, as follows:
find /Volumes/Untitled/ -name '[!.]*' -name '*.m4a' -exec ./m4atomp3.sh {} \;
where m4atomp3.sh looks like:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
[[ -f "$1" ]] || { echo "$1 not found" ; exit 1 ; }
P="$1"
echo "$P is the full filename"
filename=${P%.*}
echo "$filename is the stripped filename"
m4afilename=\"$filename.m4a\"
echo "$m4afilename is the input filename"
mp3filename=\"$filename.mp3\"
echo "$mp3filename is the output filename"
mycmd="/Users/nickstyles/Downloads/ffmpeg -i "$m4afilename" -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 2 -nostdin "$mp3filename
echo $mycmd
$mycmd
Whenever I try this, it fails because ffmpeg doesn't find the file, seemingly because of the whitespace in the filename, e.g if the file was called /Volumes/Untitled/My M4As/My M4A.m4a I would see:
ffmpeg version N-99346-g003b5c800f-tessus https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/ Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
built with Apple clang version 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.17)
[configuration details]
"/Volumes/Untitled/My: No such file or directory
However, if I just paste what is returned by echo $mycmd into the command line, e.g:
/Users/nickstyles/Downloads/ffmpeg -i "/Volumes/Untitled/My M4As/My M4A.m4a" -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 2 -nostdin "/Volumes/Untitled/My M4As/My M4A.mp3"
then it works absolutely fine. I'm sure I'm missing something very obvious, which hopefully someone can spot!
As Benjamin W. pointed out the problem was that the variable was still getting split by bash, due to WordSplitting, and the quotes I was adding to the content of the variable were not helping against this. The key was to ensure that the quotes were placed around the variable itself like:
m4afilename=$filename.m4a
echo "$m4afilename is the input filename"
mp3filename=$filename.mp3
echo "$mp3filename is the output filename"
/Users/nickstyles/Downloads/ffmpeg -i "$m4afilename" -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 2 -nostdin "$mp3filename"
and now this works!
Try this : mycmd="/Users/nickstyles/Downloads/ffmpeg -i $m4afilename -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 2 -nostdin $mp3filename"
In bash, you can put variable straight into double quotes.

While loop in bash to read a file skips first 2 characters of THIRD Line

#bin/bash
INPUT_DIR="$1"
INPUT_VIDEO="$2"
OUTPUT_PATH="$3"
SOURCE="$4"
DATE="$5"
INPUT="$INPUT_DIR/sorted_result.txt"
COUNT=1
initial=00:00:00
while IFS= read -r line; do
OUT_DIR=$OUTPUT_PATH/$COUNT
mkdir "$OUT_DIR"
ffmpeg -nostdin -i $INPUT_VIDEO -vcodec h264 -vf fps=25 -ss $initial -to $line $OUT_DIR/$COUNT.avi
ffmpeg -i $OUT_DIR/$COUNT.avi -acodec pcm_s16le -ar 16000 -ac 1 $OUT_DIR/$COUNT.wav
python3.6 /home/Video_Audio_Chunks_1.py $OUT_DIR/$COUNT.wav
python /home/transcribe.py --decoder beam --cuda --source $SOURCE --date $DATE --video $OUT_DIR/$COUNT.avi --out_dir "$OUT_DIR"
COUNT=$((COUNT + 1))
echo "--------------------------------------------------"
echo $initial
echo $line
echo "--------------------------------------------------"
initial=$line
done < "$INPUT"
This is the code I am working on.
The contents of file sorted_results.txt are as follows:
00:6:59
00:7:55
00:8:39
00:19:17
00:27:48
00:43:27
While reading the file it skips first two characters of the third line i.e. it takes it as :8:39 which results in the ffmpeg error and the script stops.
However when I only print the variables $INITIAL and $LINE, commenting the ffmpeg command the values are printed correctly i.e. same as the file contents.
I think the ffmpeg command is somehow affecting the file reading process or the variable value. BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW?
PLEASE HELP.
Your bash read builtin command and the second ffmpeg command (for the audio) both read from STDIN, that is why they interfere with each other. You can either also specify -nostdin there or use another file descriptor (here number 3 is used) for read:
while IFS= read -r -u 3 line; do
...
done 3< "$INPUT"

FFmpeg script skips files

I wrote a shell script to convert many video files and save them with something appended to the file name. The script works, but it seems to randomly skip files, and a lot of them.
When I re-run the script, it will convert files it skipped before. How can I get it to stop skipping files?
workingDir=/home/user/Videos
# get list of files to convert
find /video/folder -iname "*.mp4" > $workingDir/file_list
# convert files
cat $workingDir/file_list | while read LINE; do
# FFmpeg often cuts off the beginning of this line
echo "$(dirname "$LINE")/$(basename "$LINE")"
if /usr/bin/ffmpeg -n -loglevel panic -v quiet -stats -i "$LINE" \
-c:v libx264 -vf scale="trunc(oh*a/2)*2:320" \
-pix_fmt yuv420p -preset:v slow -profile:v main -tune:v animation -crf 23 \
"$(dirname "$LINE")/$(basename "$LINE" \.mp4)"_reencoded.mp4 2>/dev/null; then
echo "Success: $(dirname "$LINE")/$(basename "$LINE")" >> $workingDir/results
else
echo "Failed: $(dirname "$LINE")/$(basename "$LINE")" >> $workingDir/results
fi
done
One problem seems to be that FFmpeg interferes with the script. The FFmpeg output often cuts off the beginning of the next command, even if the output is not shown. This is demonstrated by the echo line before the if statement, which is often cut off. But even for lines that aren't cut off, most of them will be skipped for no apparent reason.
ffmpeg reads from stdin, thereby consuming input meant for while read. Just redirect stdin for ffmpeg by adding < /dev/null

Bad bitrate in 3gp file, convert to mp3 using ffmpeg

I record calls on my phone (as audio only). Records are storing to 3gp file. When I play a single file it can be mentioned that it is plaing few times faster then normal speed of conversation. I tested, that played on ffplay using command
ffplay.exe %1 -ar 8000
sounds as a real speed.
I would like to convert 3gp file to mp3 file using ffmpeg file (easy batch script running on Windows). I started with command line
ffmpeg.exe -i %1 -ar 8000 -f mp3 %1.mp3
but bitaire of mp3 don't sounds well (too fast). I performed experiments with -b, -b:a and others parameters but bitrate does not change.
Which parameters have I use to change 3gp to mp3 file with proper bitrate value?
-ar 8000
forces ffmpeg to interpret your input file as being sampled at 8kHz. Is tis the case or are you trying to downsample it to 8 kHz?
If so try the following instead:
-af "aresample=8000"
Please mark this as good answer if you're happy with it ;)
Well the commands you have fired are correct. I myself tried them myself and are working correctly. So firstly just try again with 1 file rather than batch files.
Here is command 1
ffmpeg -i input.3gp -ar 32k -f mp3 out.mp3
Result
Bitrate of out.mp3 is 47kbps
Command 2
ffmpeg -i inout.3gp -b:a 32k out.mp3
Bitrate of out.mp3 32kbps
So you can go with any of the above.
Cheers :)
Below you will find a script that I altered to include .3gp files.
It also does .mp4 .mkv and .webm files.
The clarity of the voice was good at 30k and that is what is here, but if you want larger files with better sound clarity then try 200k.
Call your script file vidconvmp3.sh for example and save it.
Then Modch +x vidconvmp3.sh to authorize execute.
then ./vidconvmp3.sh and your batch will run through and toss your mp3 files into a folder called Desktop-mp3 if you run terminal on the desktop... tah dah.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# My bash Script to convert mp4 to mp3
# By NerdJK23
# web: www.computingforgeeks.com
# email: kiplangatmtai#gmail.com
# Requires
# ffmpeg installed
# lame installed
# Check https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-convert-mp4-to-mp3-on-linux/
echo -ne """
1: Current directory
2: Provide directory
"""
echo ""
echo -n "Selection : "
read selection
case $selection in
1)
echo "Okay.."
echo ""
echo "Current dir is `pwd` "
;;
2)
echo ""
echo -n "Give diretory name: "
read dir_name
# Check if given directory is valid
if [ -d $dir_name ]; then
cd "${$dir_name}"
echo "Current directory is `pwd` "
echo
else
echo "Invalid directory, exiting.."
echo ""
exit 10
fi
echo
;;
*)
echo
echo "Wrong selection"
exit 11
;;
esac
echo ""
# Create dir to store mp3 files if it doesn't exist
# First get the current directory name
current_dir=`pwd`
base_name=` basename "$current_dir"`
if [[ ! -d "$base_name"-mp3 ]]; then
echo "$base_name" | xargs -d "\n" -I {} mkdir {}-mp3
echo ""
fi
echo ""
# Bigin to covert videos to mp3 audio files
# -d "\n" > Change delimiter from any whitespace to end of line character
find . -name "*.mp4" -o -name "*.mkv" -o -name "*.webm" -o -name "*.3gp" | xargs -d "\n" -I {} ffmpeg -i {} -b:a 30K -vn "$base_name"-mp3/{}.mp3
# remove video extensions
cd "${base_name}"-mp3
for file_name in *; do
mv "$file_name" "`echo $file_name | sed "s/.mp4//g;s/.mkv//g;s/.3pg//g;s/.webm//g"`";
done
# Move audio directory to ~/Music
if [[ ! -d ~/Music ]]; then
mkdir ~/Music
fi
cd ..
mv "$base_name"-mp3 ~/Music/
# Check if conversion successfull
echo ""
if [[ $? -eq "0" ]];then
echo " All files converted successfully"
else
echo "Conversation failed"
exit 1
fi

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