#!/usr/bin/env bash # -- # Description: Script that watches when new videos are added to a folder and optimizes them to mp4 for Web. # -- # Requirements: Install inotify-tools and ffmpeg # Example Debian: $sudo apt install inotify-tools ffmpeg # -- # Activate a service # Cron: @reboot dynamic-video-to-mp4.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 & # or create a service: # $sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/dynamic-video-to-mp4.service # -- # START set -e # VARIABLES PROGNAME=$(basename "$0") FOLDER_ORIGIN="$2" EXTENSIONS_TO_WATCH=("mkv" "mp4" "avi" "mov") # FUNCTIONS usage() { if [ "$*" != "" ] ; then echo "Error: $*" fi cat << EOF Usage: $PROGNAME [OPTION] Watches when new videos are added to a folder and optimizes them to mp4 for Web. Options: --folder [path] Folder path where new video will be monitored and optimized --help Display this usage message and exit EOF exit 1 } send-notification() { if command -v notify-send >/dev/null 2>&1; then # Send a native notification notify-send "$1" else # If the above command is not available, print by console echo "$1" fi } start() { # Monitors the selected folder inotifywait -m -e create --format '%f' "$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 # Notifies that the conversion is to be started send-notification "Optimizing $filename ..." # Convert the file to MP4 format using ffmpeg ffmpeg -i "$FOLDER_ORIGIN/$filename" -c:v libx264 -tune stillimage -c:a aac -b:a 192k -pix_fmt yuv420p -nostdin -shortest "$FOLDER_ORIGIN/optimized_${filename%.*}.mp4" # Notifies that it has been terminated send-notification "Completed! Output: optimized_${filename%.*}.mp4" 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