Bulk encode MKV files

bulk-encode.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

trap ctrl_c INT

function ctrl_c() {
  echo "** Trapped Ctrl+C **"
  exit 0  # Exit the script with exit code 0 (successful termination)
}

input_dir=$1

# an array containing all the mkv files in the input directory
mkv_files=$(find "$input_dir" -type f -name "*.mkv")

echo "--- Found $(echo "$mkv_files" | wc -l) files"

# check if ffmpeg is installed
if ! [ -x "$(command -v ffmpeg)" ]; then
  echo 'Error: ffmpeg is not installed.' >&2
  exit 1
fi

# loop through the array of mkv files and encode them to mp4
for mkv_file in $mkv_files; do
  echo "--- Encoding $mkv_file..."

  file_name=$(basename "$mkv_file")
  dir_name=$(dirname "$mkv_file")

  # encode the file
  ffmpeg -i "$mkv_file" -c copy "$dir_name/${file_name%%.*}.mp4"
done