video2mp4.sh

#!/bin/bash -e
# Shell script to convert videos in a folder to mp4 format

export IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")

VID_LIST_FILE="/tmp/videos.txt"

## List out the videos first
rm -f $VID_LIST_FILE
for a in $(find . -iname "video*" -type d); do
    find $a -name "*" -type f | grep -v "Thumbs.db" | sed -e 's/^.\///' >> $VID_LIST_FILE
    sync
done

## Convert the videos to mp4
for a in $(cat $VID_LIST_FILE); do
    b="$(echo $a | sed -e 's/.\w\+$/.mp4/')"
    ffmpeg -i "$a" -vcodec libx264 -b 500k "$b" && sync
done

# Finally, remove the temporary video list file
rm -f $VID_LIST_FILE

exit 0