Encode video to HTML5 compatible videos

encode_videos.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This shell script will process & encode a single video file, and output 3
# seperate files in the following formats: WebM, Ogg Theora, & h.264 for
# streaming via an HTML5 player.
#
# You'll need ffmpeg, ffmpeg2theora, & HandbrakeCLI installed to run this
# script.  ffmpeg and ffmpeg2theora can be installed via Homebrew on a Mac. 
# If you're using Ubuntu, use the PPA at 
# https://launchpad.net/~jon-severinsson/+archive/ffmpeg
# for newer versions of ffmpeg and libvpx (WebM codec).
#
# For the HandbrakeCLI, please visit the Handbrake website at
# http://www.handbrake.fr
#
# Command line arguments taken from:
# http://diveintohtml5.info/video.html#example
#
# Modifications made for resolution and quality where needed.

INPUT_FILE=$1
FILENAME=${INPUT_FILE%%.*}
VIDEO_WIDTH="960"
VIDEO_HEIGHT="540"
VIDEO_DIM=$VIDEO_WIDTH"x"$VIDEO_HEIGHT

if [ -z "$INPUT_FILE" ]; then
    echo "Usage: encode4codecasts.sh FILENAME"
    echo "You need to pass a video to process. Exiting"
    exit
fi

echo "Converting to Ogg/Theora"
echo "RUNNING: ffmpeg2theora --videoquality 7 --width $VIDEO_WIDTH --output $FILENAME.ogv $INPUT_FILE"

ffmpeg2theora --videoquality 7 --width $VIDEO_WIDTH --output $FILENAME.ogv $INPUT_FILE

echo "Converting to h.264"
echo "RUNNING: HandBrakeCLI --preset "iPhone 4" --width $VIDEO_WIDTH --two-pass --turbo --optimize --input $INPUT_FILE --output $FILENAME.mp4"

HandBrakeCLI --preset "iPhone 4" --width $VIDEO_WIDTH --two-pass --turbo --optimize --input $INPUT_FILE --output $FILENAME.mp4

echo "Converting to WebM"
echo "RUNNING: ffmpeg -pass 1 -passlogfile $INPUT_FILE -threads 16 -keyint_min 0 -g 250 -skip_threshold 0 -qmin 1 -qmax 51 -i $INPUT_FILE -vcodec libvpx -b 204800 -s $VIDEO_DIM -an -f webm -y NUL"

ffmpeg -pass 1 -passlogfile $INPUT_FILE -threads 16 -keyint_min 0 -g 250 -skip_threshold 0 -qmin 1 -qmax 51 -i $INPUT_FILE -vcodec libvpx -b:v 204800 -s $VIDEO_DIM -an -f webm -y $FILENAME.webm

echo "WebM - First pass complete"
echo "WebM - Starting second pass"

echo "RUNNING: ffmpeg -pass 2 -passlogfile $INPUT_FILE -threads 16  -keyint_min 0 -g 250 -skip_threshold 0 -qmin 1 -qmax 51 -i $INPUT_FILE -vcodec libvpx -b 204800 -s $VIDEO_DIM -acodec libvorbis -ac 2 -y $FILENAME.webm"

ffmpeg -pass 2 -passlogfile $INPUT_FILE -threads 16  -keyint_min 0 -g 250 -skip_threshold 0 -qmin 1 -qmax 51 -i $INPUT_FILE -vcodec libvpx -b:v 204800 -s $VIDEO_DIM -acodec libvorbis -ac 2 -y $FILENAME.webm

echo "DONE"

I added a small change that uses the input file's name when creating the output file, and now creates the output files without the input file's extension. I also fixed a bug where the first pass for the WebM file had it's log and input files hardcoded (oops!).