Remove video metadata #Shell #metadata

metavideo.sh

# See https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php?topic=11977.0
strip_video_metadata() {
    local infile="$1"                    # First argument: input filename
    local outfile="${2:-$infile}"        # Second argument: output filename (defaults to input if not given)
    local ext="${infile##*.}"            # Extract file extension from input (everything after last '.')
    local tmpfile                        # Will hold the temporary filename

    if [[ "$outfile" == "$infile" ]]; then             # If output is same as input (in-place operation)...
        tmpfile="${infile}.tmp.${ext}"                # ...use a temp file with proper extension
        ffmpeg -i "$infile" -vcodec copy -acodec copy "$tmpfile" -y -loglevel error
        # ffmpeg strips metadata by remuxing; writes to temp file
        mv -f "$tmpfile" "$infile"                    # Move temp file over the original file
    else
        ffmpeg -i "$infile" -vcodec copy -acodec copy "$outfile" -y -loglevel error
        # If output is different, just write directly
    fi
}