MacOS script for converting MOV to MP4

mov_to_mp4.sh

#!/bin/bash

LOG_FILE="$HOME/Library/Logs/mov_to_mp4.log"

# Function to log messages and send macOS notifications
log_and_notify() {
    local message="$1"
    local emoji="$2"
    echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') $emoji $message" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
    osascript -e "display notification \"$message\" with title \"MOV to MP4 Converter\""
}

# Check if ffmpeg is available
FFMPEG_PATH=$(command -v ffmpeg || echo "/opt/homebrew/bin/ffmpeg")

if [ ! -x "$FFMPEG_PATH" ]; then
    log_and_notify "🚨 Error: ffmpeg not found. Install it with: brew install ffmpeg" "🚨"
    exit 1
fi

log_and_notify "🎥 Using ffmpeg at: $FFMPEG_PATH" "🎥"

# Process each input file
for f in "$@"; do
    if [[ "$f" == *.mov ]]; then
        output="${f%.mov}.mp4"

        # Check if output file already exists
        if [[ -f "$output" ]]; then
            log_and_notify "⚠️ Error: File $(basename "$output") already exists. Skipping." "⚠️"
            continue
        fi

        log_and_notify "🎬 Starting conversion: $(basename "$f") → $(basename "$output")" "🎬"

        if "$FFMPEG_PATH" -i "$f" -vcodec h264 -acodec aac "$output" >>"$LOG_FILE" 2>&1; then
            log_and_notify "✅ Success: $(basename "$output") created." "✅"
        else
            log_and_notify "❌ Error: Failed to convert $(basename "$f"). Check logs at: $LOG_FILE" "❌"
            rm -f "$output"  # Ensure we remove any broken output file
        fi
    else
        log_and_notify "⚠️ Skipping non-MOV file: $(basename "$f")" "⚠️"
    fi
done