Super quick & dirty script to convert all video files of specific extension into x265 mp4s. Sure, it can be made fancy, but there's not enough motivation for it.

encoder-x265

#!/bin/bash

# Super quick & dirty script to convert all video files of specific extension into x265 mp4s. Sure, it can be made fancy, but there's not enough motivation for it.
# v1 - 8-Dec-2016 by Chris Mavrakis

# How to use:
# Cd into the dir of your source video files.
# Change the .avi extension and target file dir in the script.
# Run the script.

for filename in *.avi; do
    echo "$filename"
    name="$(echo $filename | rev | cut -d'.' -f2- |rev)"

    ffmpeg -i "$filename"    -c:v libx265 -preset slow -x265-params crf=22    -c:a copy    "/tmp/$name-x265.mp4"
done