https://github.com/briandmg/conv2mp4

This Powershell script will recursively search through a user-defined file path and convert all videos of user-specified file types to MP4 with H264 video and AAC audio using ffmpeg. The purpose of this script is to reduce transcoding CPU load on a media server like Plex or Emby and increase video compatibility across platforms.
https://github.com/briandmg/conv2mp4

aac emby ffmpeg ffprobe h264 handbrakecli kodi plex plex-library plex-media-server plex-server plex-transcoding powershell powershell-script video video-compatibility video-conversion video-encoding video-processing video-transcoding

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This Powershell script will recursively search through a user-defined file path and convert all videos of user-specified file types to MP4 with H264 video and AAC audio using ffmpeg. The purpose of this script is to reduce transcoding CPU load on a media server like Plex or Emby and increase video compatibility across platforms.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/briandmg/conv2mp4
• Owner: BrianDMG
• Created: 2016-07-04T16:33:21.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-01-19T15:36:13.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-11T20:41:39.979Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: aac, emby, ffmpeg, ffprobe, h264, handbrakecli, kodi, plex, plex-library, plex-media-server, plex-server, plex-transcoding, powershell, powershell-script, video, video-compatibility, video-conversion, video-encoding, video-processing, video-transcoding
• Language: PowerShell
• Homepage:
• Size: 394 KB
• Stars: 129
• Watchers: 18
• Forks: 23
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Codeowners: .gitlab/CODEOWNERS

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Powershell script that recursively searches through a user-defined file path and convert all videos of user-specified file types to MP4 with H264 video and AAC audio as needed using ffmpeg. If a conversion failure is detected, the script re-encodes the file with HandbrakeCLI. Upon successful encoding, Plex libraries are refreshed and source file is deleted.  The purpose of this script is to reduce the amount of transcoding CPU load on a Plex server and increase video compatibility across platforms.

**Get the latest image at [Dockerhub](https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/bridmg/conv2mp4)**

**Features**

- **Full automation**: Set a cron-formatted schedule, and convert/encode your files while you do something more interesting.

- **Detailed logging**: Allows easy tracking of what files are in the queue, overall queue progress, individual and cumulative file size gains and reductions, as well as total hours of video converted, how long it took to convert them, and the average encode speed.

- **Plex integration**: Refreshes Plex libraries upon completion of each item in the queue.

- **Garbage collection**: Allows user-specified file types to be deleted during each execution, keeping non-media files such as .nfo or thumbs.db from accumulating.

### [Usage](https://gitlab.com/BrianDMG/conv2mp4/-/wikis/Usage) • [Configuration](https://gitlab.com/BrianDMG/conv2mp4/-/wikis/Configuration)

Want to [contribute](/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md)? [Pull requests](/docs/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md) welcome!


[GitLab](https://gitlab.com/BrianDMG/conv2mp4) | [Github](https://github.com/BrianDMG/conv2mp4) | [Dockerhub](https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/bridmg/conv2mp4)