Welcome to the FFmpeg Home Video Tools repository, a curated collection of shell scripts designed to streamline and enhance your home video organization using FFmpeg. These scripts have been developed to address the challenges of managing a diverse range of video formats commonly found in personal collections.
Please exercise caution and use these scripts at your own risk. While they have been tested to meet personal requirements, there is a potential risk of data loss if not used carefully. Ensure thorough testing on small batches before applying these tools to larger datasets.
All Bash scripts are located in the "bash" directory. The primary entry point is the process_videos.sh script, which serves as the main interface for handling input and output parameters.
sh ./process_videos.sh input_folder output_folderThis script identifies and batch converts files within a specified folder to high-quality, low-compression MP4 format with a unified Full HD resolution. The script performs the following actions based on the input file characteristics:
- Vertically rotated videos are upscaled to 1080p with blurred bars padded to the sides, encoded to MP4 with high quality/low compression.
- 1080p videos are reencoded to MP4 with high quality/low compression.
- Lower resolution videos are reencoded to 1080p upscaled MP4 with high quality/low compression.
Audio is consistently reencoded to 320k AAC, and the video frame rate is forced to 25 fps.
Note: Ensure a "converted" directory is created before running the script.
This script checks converted files for resolutions other than 1920x1080 and pads them with black bars as needed. Some edge cases may not work as intended.
Similar to the padding script, this script crops video where the resolution exceeds Full HD. A more universal script is planned for future releases.
For videos lacking audio tracks, this script adds a silent audio track to facilitate concatenation.
If audio and video sync issues arise during concatenation, running this script can help by resampling audio using aresample=async=1000. Adjust the file selection configuration in concat_videos.sh if this step is skipped.
Script: concat_videos.sh
This script generates a concat_list.txt of all converted MP4 files and merges them into a concatenated MP4. This file is ready for further encoding at a lower bitrate if required.
This master script orchestrates the sequential execution of the above scripts, ensuring a smooth processing flow. Provide input and output paths as parameters:
sh ./process_videos.sh input_folder output_folderFeel free to explore and adapt these tools to suit your specific needs. Your feedback and contributions are welcome!