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lisamelton / hb-av1-transcode.rb

Last active February 27, 2023 00:42

Cross-platform Ruby script to transcode essential media tracks into a smaller, more portable format while remaining high enough quality to be mistaken for the original.

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	#
	# hb-av1-transcode.rb
	#
	# Copyright (c) 2019-2023 Don Melton
	#

	require 'English'
	require 'fileutils'
	require 'json'

lisamelton / manuscript.latex

Last active May 23, 2022 14:46

LaTeX template for Pandoc to create PDFs in standard manuscript format with both short story and novel layouts.

	%
	% manuscript.latex
	%
	% Copyright (c) 2022 Don Melton
	%
	% LaTeX template for Pandoc to create PDFs in standard manuscript format
	% with both short story and novel layouts.
	%
	% Version: 2022052301
	%

lisamelton / classic-transcode.rb

Last active October 12, 2022 21:53

Cross-platform Ruby script to transcode or copy essential media tracks into a smaller, more portable format while remaining high enough quality to be mistaken for the original.

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	#
	# classic-transcode.rb
	#
	# Copyright (c) 2019-2022 Don Melton
	#

	require 'English'
	require 'fileutils'
	require 'json'

lisamelton / special-transcode.rb

Last active November 9, 2022 22:35

Ruby script for Windows and Linux to transcode or copy essential media tracks into a smaller, more portable format while remaining high enough quality to be mistaken for the original.

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	#
	# special-transcode.rb
	#
	# Copyright (c) 2019-2022 Don Melton
	#

	require 'English'
	require 'fileutils'
	require 'json'

lisamelton / commentary-tracks.sh

Created March 21, 2019 22:39

Bash script to scan input video for commentary tracks and output `transcode-video` options to add those tracks.

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# commentary-tracks.sh
	#
	# Copyright (c) 2013-2019 Don Melton
	#

	die() {
	echo "$(basename "$0"): $1" >&2
	exit ${2:-1}

lisamelton / experimental-x264-avbr-transcode-video.sh

Created February 2, 2019 02:33

A wrapper script for `transcode-video` with an experimental average variable bitrate (AVBR) ratecontrol system for the x264 encoder.

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# experimental-x264-avbr-transcode-video.sh
	#
	# Copyright (c) 2013-2019 Don Melton
	#

	die() {
	echo "$(basename "$0"): $1" >&2
	exit ${2:-1}

lisamelton / prune-handbrake-log.sh

Created July 5, 2018 15:55

A script to filter out overwritten `HandBrakeCLI` progress information from a `.log` file created `transcode-video`.

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# prune-handbrake-log.sh
	#
	# Copyright (c) 2018 Don Melton
	#

	if (($# == 1)); then
	cat "$1" \| ruby -e "print STDIN.read.gsub(/^.*\r(.)/, '\1')"
	fi

lisamelton / experimental-simple-transcode-video.sh

Created June 27, 2018 21:07

A wrapper script for `transcode-video` with an experimental simple constrained ratecontrol system.

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# experimental-simple-transcode-video.sh
	#
	# Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Don Melton
	#

	die() {
	echo "$(basename "$0"): $1" >&2
	exit ${2:-1}

lisamelton / experimental-abr-transcode-video.sh

Last active November 29, 2017 22:48

A wrapper script for `transcode-video` with an experimental average bitrate (ABR) ratecontrol system.

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# experimental-abr-transcode-video.sh
	#
	# Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Don Melton
	#

	die() {
	echo "$(basename "$0"): $1" >&2
	exit ${2:-1}

lisamelton / gist:f7f002ee20a534faf1f1

Last active October 17, 2021 13:58

Output from `transcode-video --help`

	Transcode video file or disc image directory into format and size similar to
	popular online downloads. Works best with Blu-ray or DVD rip.

	Automatically determines target video bitrate, number of audio tracks, etc.
	WITHOUT ANY command line options.

	Usage: transcode-video [OPTION]... [FILE\|DIRECTORY]...

	Input options:
	--scan list title(s) and tracks in video media and exit

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