Usage: bvwack options
Options:
| -b BASE_DIR, --base-dir BASE_DIR | Set BASE_DIR instead of $PWD |
| -d, --dry-run | Do a dry run. Prints proposed commands to STDOUT. |
| -c, --clean-up | Instead of converting, move all converted files to $PWD/bvwack-back/[old-path]. If used with -b files will be moved to BASE_DIR/bvwack-path/[old-path] |
| -n #, --num-files | # Number of videos to batch. If -n is omitted, the default is -n 2 |
| -l, --list_converted | Lists files that have been converted but not cleaned. Useful for verifying successful conversion. |
Notes: I have set the FFMPEG options to use only 2 threads. This allows me to use my laptop while converting things. If you just want to hog through video try setting -threads 0 in FFMPEG_OPTS. Currently bvwack only works on UNIX-like systems.
Requirements: ffmpeg and a libx264-slow.ffpreset (possibly in your ~/.ffmpeg/ directory or in your Cellar if you use brew.) Google is your friend.
Examples:
| bvwack -dw | Shows proposed commands for 2 videos |
| bvwack -w -b somedir/anotherdir -n 5 | Converts 5 videos under somedir/anotherdir |
| bvwack -c -n 10 | Moves 10 already converted mkv or avi files to /Volumes/thundar/medai/converted/[od-path]" |