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Bash Function to convert webm to mp4
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# Based on the command used in https://askubuntu.com/a/1462885 | |
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# ffmpeg -i screencast.webm -filter:v "scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2,fps=30" screencast.mp4 | |
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# Easily call this lengthy command with webm2mp4 filename.webm | |
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# Add this to your ~/.bashrc file to easily access | |
#function to convert webm to mp4 via ffmpeg | |
function webm2mp4() { | |
filename="${1%.*}" | |
outputname="$filename.mp4" | |
if test -f "$1"; then | |
printf "You chose the file: $1 \nWe'll use the name '$filename' to save it to $outputname in a moment.\n" | |
if test -f $outputname; then | |
while true; do | |
read -r -p "$outputname exists, would you like to overwrite? (Y/N): " answer | |
case $answer in | |
[Yy]* ) ffmpeg -i "$1" -filter:v "scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2,fps=30" "$filename".mp4; break;; | |
[Nn]* ) printf "Not Overwriting. Please rename your file, if necessary. Exiting...\n"; return;; | |
* ) echo "Please answer Y or N.";; | |
esac | |
done | |
elif ! test -f "$outputname"; then | |
printf "$outputname does not exist, nothing to worry about overwriting -- rendering now via ffmpeg.\n" | |
ffmpeg -i "$1" -filter:v "scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2,fps=30" "$filename".mp4; | |
fi | |
elif ! test -f "$1"; then | |
printf "The file does not exist.\n" | |
fi | |
} |
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