rename and convert all .mov files in a dir structure

video_converter.sh

#!/bin/bash
# install rename and libav-tools 
# place this script in the root dir of the video dirs

# get all the spaces out of the names
find . -depth -name "* *" -execdir rename 's/ /_/g' "{}" \; #https://stackoverflow.com/a/2709619/4062341

# convert all the videos. (remove the echo)
# https://superuser.com/a/1059219/895813
for i in `find . -name "*.mov" -print0| xargs -0`; do
 echo avconv -i $i -c:v libx264 -strict -2 -y -f mp4 ${i%.mov}.mp4;
done


#for i in `find . -name "*.mov" -print0| xargs -0`; do rm $i ; done