#!/usr/bin/env bash # This is for reencoding an AVI video. I wasn't able to play the encoded videos # on my phone when using libx264 and libx265 encoders, but mpeg4 works. Also # I'm using the aac codec because some old avi's were using a codec that's not # supported in the mp4 container. if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then ncolors=$(tput colors) fi if [ -t 1 ] && [ -n "$ncolors" ] && [ "$ncolors" -ge 8 ]; then RED="$(tput setaf 1)" GREEN="$(tput setaf 2)" YELLOW="$(tput setaf 3)" BLUE="$(tput setaf 4)" MAGENTA="$(tput setaf 5)" CYAN="$(tput setaf 6)" BOLD="$(tput bold)" NORMAL="$(tput sgr0)" else RED="" GREEN="" YELLOW="" BLUE="" MAGENTA="" CYAN="" BOLD="" NORMAL="" fi if [[ $1 == "" || $2 == "" ]]; then printf "${BOLD}${RED}Usage: $0 ${NORMAL}\n" exit 1 fi filename=$(basename -- "$1") extension="${filename##*.}" filename="${filename%.*}" bitrate="$2" output_name="$3" if [[ $output_name == "" ]]; then output="${filename}_CONVERTED-${bitrate}.mp4" else output="${output_name}.mp4" fi printf "\n${YELLOW}${BOLD}Encoding '$filename.$extension' with target bitrate $bitrate | output: $output${NORMAL}\n" ffmpeg -i "$filename.$extension" -c:a aac -c:v mpeg4 -b:v $bitrate "$output" printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Done encoding '$filename.$extension' to '$output'${NORMAL}\n\n"