dir_mov_to_mp4

dir_mov_to_mp4

#!/bin/bash


function convert_in_dir() {
    dir_path=$1
    extension=$2
    for filename in $dir_path/*.$extension; do
	echo $filename

	file_date=`date -r $filename  "+%Y-%m-%d %H-%M"`
	new_filename="${filename} ${file_date}.mp4"

	if [ ! -f "$new_filename" ]; then
	   echo "-> $new_filename"
           ffmpeg -i "${filename}" -qscale 0  "${new_filename}"  > /dev/null 2>&1
    	else 
    	   echo "   Conversion of ${filename} already exists: ${new_filename}"
    	fi
    done
}

echo "Usage:"
echo " $sh dir_mov_to_mp4 dir/path/to/mov/files"
echo "------------------------------------------"

dir_path=$1

echo "Directory: ${dir_path}"

convert_in_dir $dir_path MOV
convert_in_dir $dir_path mov