hb_batchconvertvideos

hb_batchconvertvideos.py

import os
import time
import subprocess
import sys

fileList = []
rootdir = raw_input("Root Dir: ")
for root, subFolders, files in os.walk(rootdir):
    for file in files:
        theFile = os.path.join(root,file)
        fileName, fileExtension = os.path.splitext(theFile)
        if fileExtension.lower() in ('.avi', '.divx', '.flv', '.m4v', '.mkv', '.mov', '.mpg', '.mpeg', '.wmv'):
            print 'Adding',theFile
            fileList.append(theFile)

runstr = '"C:Program FilesHandbrakeHandBrakeCLI.exe" -i "{0}" -o "{1}" --preset="Normal" --two-pass --turbo'

print '=======--------======='

while fileList:
    inFile = fileList.pop()
    fileName, fileExtension = os.path.splitext(inFile)
    outFile = fileName+'.mp4'

    print 'Processing',inFile
    returncode  = subprocess.call(runstr.format(inFile,outFile))
    time.sleep(5)
    print 'Removing',inFile
    os.remove(inFile)

Some OS might need to edit line 26 to be:
returncode = subprocess.call(runstr.format(inFile,outFile), shell=True)

and in Python 3 raw_input () is just input()