vlc-convert.sh

#!/bin/sh

vlcconvert() {
    ######################## Transcode the files using ... ########################
    vcodec="mp4v"
    acodec="mp4a"
    vb="1024"
    ab="128"
    mux="mp4"
    ###############################################################################

    # Store path to VLC in $vlc
    if command -pv vlc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        # Linux should find "vlc" when searching PATH
        vlc="vlc"
        # Sanity check
        if ! command -pv "$vlc" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            printf '%s\n' "Cannot find path to VLC. Abort." >&2
            return 1
        fi
    else
        # macOS seems to need an alias
        vlc="/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC"
        # Sanity check
        if ! [ -f "$vlc" ]; then
            printf '%s\n' "Cannot find path to VLC. Abort." >&2
            return 1
        fi
    fi

    for filename in *; do
        printf '%s\n' "=> Transcoding '$filename'... "
        "$vlc" -I dummy -q "$filename" \
        --sout '#transcode{vcodec="'"$vcodec"'",vb="'"$vb"'",acodec="'"$acodec"'",ab="'"$ab"'"}:standard{mux="'"$mux"'",dst="'"$filename"'.'"$mux"'",access=file}' \
        vlc://quit
    done
}
vlcconvert