Updated to include search script, and modified to be able to more easily specify version of ffmpeg/probe

README.md

@@ -18,4 +18,10 @@ if it will be contained on the same system.  Comments and concerns?  Leave 'em,
 don't know if I can address them, but there's a higher chance I'll address
 something that way anyway.
 
+You can search for files using the `findVideos.sh` file, USAGE:
+`bash findVideos.sh /top/dir/with/files`
+
+It will use find to locate all files of type (default .mkv) and check (using
+ffprobe) if is of type (default adds all h264 files to transcoding list).
+
 Your best bet is St. Isidore (patron St. of computers and those that use them)

findVideos.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#Use ffprobe to find .mkv files with h264 encoding:
+
+ffBin="/usr/bin/"
+parentDir=$1
+while read -r line;
+do
+ codec="$( $ffBin/ffprobe -loglevel error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries \
+        stream=codec_name -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$line" )"
+  if [[ $codec == *"264"* ]]
+  then
+    echo "$line" >>/tmp/transcode/list.txt
+  fi
+done<<<"$( find "$parentDir" -name "*.mkv" -print )"

transcode.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #to pray to St. Isidore... good luck if you encounter issues.
 
 #Default operations, change if necessary
+FFBIN="/usr/bin/" #if unusual install or a specific version
 HostName="localhost" #if localhost then will do locally (removes ssh/scp cmds)
 hostFile="/tmp/transcode/list.txt"
 tmpDIR="$PWD/tmpTranscode"
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ workDIR="$PWD/transcode"
 function encode {
   local tmpFL=$1
   local outFL=$2
-  ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error -stats -re -i "$tmpFL" -map 0 \
+  $FFBIN/ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error -stats -re -i "$tmpFL" -map 0 \
           -map_metadata 0 -c copy \
           -c:v libx265 -preset slow -x265-params crf=23 \
           -use_wallclock_as_timestamps 1 \
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ function burnSubs {
   local DURATION=$( ffprobe -loglevel error -show_entries format=duration \
                 -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$inFL" )
 
-  ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error -stats -i "$inFL" \
+  $FFBIN/ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error -stats -i "$inFL" \
           -filter_complex "[0:v][0:s:$track]overlay[v]" -map "[v]" \
           -map 0:a -c:a copy -map 0:s -map -0:s:$track -c:s copy \
           -map_metadata 0 -map_chapters 0 -max_muxing_queue_size 9999 \
@@ -59,12 +60,12 @@ else
   iterLim="false"
 fi
 
-if ! command -v ffprobe &> /dev/null
+if ! command -v $FFBIN/ffprobe &> /dev/null
 then
   echo "Need to have ffprobe (and ffmpeg) installed"
   exit 1
 fi
-if ! command -v ffmpeg &> /dev/null
+if ! command -v $FFBIN/ffmpeg &> /dev/null
 then
   echo "Need to have ffmpeg (and ffprobe) installed"
   exit 1
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ do
     unset langs
     
     #DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF ENGLISH SUBTITLES (BURNING BEHAVIOUR)
-    for line in $( ffprobe -loglevel error -select_streams s -show_entries\
+    for line in $( $FFBIN/ffprobe -loglevel error -select_streams s -show_entries\
                   stream=index:stream_tags=language -of csv=p=0 \
                   "$tmpDIR"/"$fileNAME" )
     do
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ do
         encode "$tmpDIR/$fileNAME" "$workDIR/$fileNAME"
       else
         #TEST SUBTITLE TYPE; IF NOT PGS SKIP IT; FEEL FREE TO FILL IN
-        if grep -qi "pgs" <<< $( ffprobe -loglevel error -select_streams s \
+        if grep -qi "pgs" <<< $( $FFBIN/ffprobe -loglevel error -select_streams s \
                       -show_entries stream=codec_name \
                       -of csv=p=0 "$tmpDIR"/"$fileNAME" )
         then 
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ do
           for index in ${streamNUMBERS[@]}
           do
             SUBINDEX=$(expr $index - ${streamNUMBERS[0]})
-            currFrames=$( ffprobe -loglevel error -select_streams s:$SUBINDEX \
+            currFrames=$( $FFBIN/ffprobe -loglevel error -select_streams s:$SUBINDEX \
               -show_entries stream_tags=NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng -of csv=p=0 \
               "$tmpDIR/$fileNAME")
             if [ $indexITER -lt 1 ] 
@@ -180,15 +181,15 @@ do
           SUBTITLEINDEX=$(expr $minINDEX - ${streamNUMBERS[0]})
           #TEST FRAMES IN SUB TRACK, IF < 15% MAX MOST LIKELY ISN'T FOR. AUD.
           #15% as LOTR dir. comm included, blows up the max number for them...
-          currFrames=$( ffprobe -loglevel error -select_streams s:$SUBTITLEINDEX \
+          currFrames=$( $FFBIN/ffprobe -loglevel error -select_streams s:$SUBTITLEINDEX \
             -show_entries stream_tags=NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng -of csv=p=0 \
             "$tmpDIR/$fileNAME")
-          if [ $( echo "($currFrames / $maxFrames) < 0.15"|bc -l ) -gt 0 ]
+          if [ $( echo "($currFrames / $maxFrames) < 0.25"|bc -l ) -gt 0 ]
           then
             echo "BURNING STREAM $SUBTITLEINDEX (STREAM $minINDEX) from $fileNAME"
             burnSubs "$tmpDIR/$fileNAME" "$tmpDIR/TMP$fileNAME" "$workDIR/$fileNAME" $SUBTITLEINDEX
           else
-            echo "MIN. SUB TRACK ($SUBTITLEINDEX [$minINDEX])) DUR. > 15% FILM, NOT BURNING"
+            echo "MIN. SUB TRACK ($SUBTITLEINDEX [$minINDEX])) DUR. > 25% FILM, NOT BURNING"
             encode "$tmpDIR/$fileNAME" "$workDIR/$fileNAME"
           fi