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  1. ravihara created this gist Nov 10, 2017.
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    #!/bin/bash -e
    # Shell script to convert videos in a folder to mp4 format

    export IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")

    VID_LIST_FILE="/tmp/videos.txt"

    ## List out the videos first
    rm -f $VID_LIST_FILE
    for a in $(find . -iname "video*" -type d); do
    find $a -name "*" -type f | grep -v "Thumbs.db" | sed -e 's/^.\///' >> $VID_LIST_FILE
    sync
    done

    ## Convert the videos to mp4
    for a in $(cat $VID_LIST_FILE); do
    b="$(echo $a | sed -e 's/.\w\+$/.mp4/')"
    ffmpeg -i "$a" -vcodec libx264 -b 500k "$b" && sync
    done

    # Finally, remove the temporary video list file
    rm -f $VID_LIST_FILE

    exit 0