Applescript for EYETV to H.264

[mcdirt]

Hi,

I use EYETV to record TV on a MAC-Mini and it is great except the files are very big and EYETV doesn't convert + delete the ortiginal automatically, the quality of compressed files is also maybe not so good in EYETV. I'd like to try using Handbrake CLI to run once a day (2am say) and simply convert any EYETV file in one folder to H.264 and then delete the original. That would be fantastic but I cannot find and Scripts to do only that - anyone have a similar script or know where to find one?

Thanks for any help
rgds
mcdirt

[DriverJC]

you didn't specify what device you wanted to convert it to so I went with a default preset

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handbrakecli="<path to handbrakecli>"
watchfolder="<path to watchfolder>" #i.e. /Users/Username/Movies/eyetv"
destinationfolder="<Path to destination folder without the following />" #i.e. /Users/Username/Movies/convert"
for SOURCE in "$watchfolder" ; do
filename=$(basename "$SOURCE" )
"$handbrakecli" -i "$SOURCE" -o "$destinationfolder/$filename.mp4" -Z "iPod Touch"
#delete the original file if the destination file exists"
if [ -f "$destinationfolder/$filename.mp4" ] ; then
rm -v "$SOURCE"
fi
done

Could be something like this.
BE ADVISED: I have not tested this and you will probably get script errors so you need to troubleshoot it.

After getting this to run using terminal then set up a calendar appointment that runs the script at 2am every night.

also, this really should be in a different forum, and this forum is for requests for features to be added to the program.

joel

[eddyg]

I did this a long time ago, haven't used it for a while. Take a look at http://www.myreflection.org/Reflection/ ... eyetv.html

[chico]

eddyg: that link is no longer valid. I'm gathering all the Handbrake-EyeTV-Applescript info I can...have you moved your page elsewhere?