Hey guys,
I'm not really sure where to start with what I'm trying to do, but hopefully you guys can help me out a little bit. I have a couple terabytes worth of movies that have different file formats in different folders. I would like to convert them all them before. Here's my problem: In order to prevent disorganization, I would have to go through all of them individually, add every single video that's on there, and then update the output destination to the source folder. I really hope there's away I can tell handbrake to automatically change the destination folder to the source folder? Maybe even automatically delete the original file for me? Are you guys aware of any scripts or functions that will enable me to do this? My over looking something simple? Or is this pretty involved?
OS X 10.11.6
HB Version 0.10.5 x86_64 (2016021100)
Thanks all!
Automatically save to source folder?
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Re: Automatically save to source folder?
Seems pretty straightforward to script. I'd suggest reading up on an appropriate scripting language for your platform, like bash or AppleScript.
Re: Automatically save to source folder?
With the command line interface, not much is "automatic". You specify the whole path to the input file, and the output file.
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Re: Automatically save to source folder?
I wrote a script for windows that does this, it would be possible to write something similar for OS X. If you want to take a look at it I have it posted here: https://github.com/Rocketcandy/ConvertUsingHandBreakCLI
Probably more than you need but might give you an idea if you wanted to write your own.
The magic starts at line 109. Everything above that is customization so it easy for people to run on windows with only 2 changes.
Probably more than you need but might give you an idea if you wanted to write your own.
The magic starts at line 109. Everything above that is customization so it easy for people to run on windows with only 2 changes.