#!/usr/bin/env bash # -- # Description: Script that watches when new videos are added to a folder and optimizes them. # -- # Requirements: Install inotify-tools and ffmpeg # Example Debian: $sudo apt install ffmpeg # -- # Cron: @reboot bash-folders-video-optimizer.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 & # -- # START set -e # VARIABLES PROGNAME=$(basename "$0") FOLDER_ORIGIN="$2" EXTENSIONS_TO_WATCH=("mkv" "mp4" "avi" "mov") MESSAGE_WAITING="optimizing_please_wait" # FUNCTIONS usage() { if [ "$*" != "" ] ; then echo "Error: $*" fi cat << EOF Usage: $PROGNAME [OPTION] Watches when new videos are added to a folder and optimizes them. Options: --folder [path] Folder path where new video will be monitored and optimized --help Display this usage message and exit EOF exit 1 } start() { # Monitors the selected folder inotifywait -m -e create,moved_to --format '%f' "$FOLDER_ORIGIN" | while read -r filename; do # Gets the file extension extension="${filename##*.}" # Checks if the extension is in the extension list for ext in "${EXTENSIONS_TO_WATCH[@]}"; do if [[ "$ext" = "$extension" ]]; then # Check if the file name starts with "optimized" if [[ "$filename" != optimized* ]]; then filename_output="optimized_${filename%.*}.mp4" # Displays a flat file of information touch "$FOLDER_ORIGIN/$MESSAGE_WAITING" # Convert the file to MP4 format using ffmpeg in /tmp/ ffmpeg -i "$FOLDER_ORIGIN/$filename" -c:v libx264 -tune stillimage -c:a aac -b:a 192k -pix_fmt yuv420p -nostdin -shortest "/tmp/$filename_output" # When finished move the optimized file mv "/tmp/$filename_output" "$FOLDER_ORIGIN/$filename_output" # Remove a flat file of information rm "$FOLDER_ORIGIN/$MESSAGE_WAITING" fi fi done done } # CONTROLE ARGUMENTS isArg="" while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do case "$1" in --help) usage ;; --folder) isArg="1" if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then start else usage "You need to specify the path of the folder to watch." fi ;; *) esac shift done if [ -z $isArg ] ; then usage "Not enough arguments" fi