Archive media to other formats for better size

media-archiver.sh

#!/bin/bash
DESTINATION="$1/"
if [[ "$DESTINATION" == "" ]]; then
    echo "Please provide destination in arguments."
    exit 1
fi
echo "Compressing files from $PWD to $DESTINATION"
true > errors.txt
# Iterate in folders
find . -type d | while read -r directory; do
    # Create this folder in the destination
    mkdir "$DESTINATION$directory"
    # In that folder, look through the files
    find "$directory" -maxdepth 1 -type f | while read -r filename; do
        # Check the extension of the file
        if [[ $filename == *.jpg ]]; then
            # Based on what my mom said is good
            if ! ffmpeg -y -i "$filename" -c:v libsvtav1 -crf 24 -preset 8 "$DESTINATION/$filename.avif" < /dev/null; then
                echo "Error on file $filename" >> errors.txt
            fi
        elif [[ $filename == *.mov || $filename == *.mp4 || $filename == *.vob ]]; then
            # OPUS 160 should deliver very good audio quality in any circumstances.
            # On the meantime, HEVC is also a very good video compression algorithm. It's fast and widely supported.
            # CRF of 22 should also perform very good and almost look identical. This can be tweeked a little to 20 or such to give better quality.
            if ! ffmpeg -y -i "$filename" -c:a libopus -b:a 160K -c:v libx265 -crf 22 -tag:v hvc1 "$DESTINATION/$filename.mkv" < /dev/null; then
                echo "Error on file $filename" >> errors.txt
            fi
        elif [[ $filename == *.wav ]]; then
            # I don't like to touch MP3 audio files. Instead, I'll just change the codec of recorded audio files
            # (a.k.a. wav files) to ogg and 128K OPUS. Should deliver VERY sharp audio quality.
            if ! ffmpeg -y -i "$filename" -c:a libopus -b:a 128K "$DESTINATION/$filename.ogg" < /dev/null; then
                echo "Error on file $filename" >> errors.txt
            fi
        else
            # Otherwise, just copy the file and don't do anything
            cp "$filename" "$DESTINATION/$filename"
        fi
    done
done