This is a collection of batch scripts I put together for doing audio/video work. I'll give brief instructions on how to use them but I'm going to assume you already familiar with batch scripts. If you're not, here's a YouTube tutorial: viewtopic.php?p=165068#p165068

Convert MP4 to WebM
This script allows you to convert an MP4 file to WebM by dragging n' dropping.



Convert FLV to MP4
This script allows you to convert an FLV file to MP4 by dragging n' dropping.



Convert M4A to MP3
This script allows you to convert an M4A file to MP3 by dragging n' dropping.



If you want the command prompt window to automatically close after the any of these scripts are completed, remove

pause

from the end of the scripts.



For those who are are interested in a more detailed explanation on how these scripts work,

%~dp0

is the ffmpeg executable path instead of the dropped file path. So if you have ffmpeg installed in

c:\ffmpeg

%~dp0\ffmpeg\ffmpeg

will translate to

c:\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe

. If you don't use this, it will attempt to look for ffmpeg in the same folder as the file you want to convert, unless you hard code the full path to your ffmpeg executable.

%1

is the full path of the dropped file. So if you drag and drop a file from your desktop,

%1

will translate to

C:\Users\[your username]\Desktop\[your file].[ext]

. This allows you to drag and drop a file from anywhere without having to modify the script for each new file, making the script reusable.

%~n1

is the full path to the dropped file without an extension.

C:\Users\[your username]\Desktop\[your file].[ext]

becomes

C:\Users\[your username]\Desktop\[your file]

. This is necessary so your converted file is named correctly. Otherwise you'd have to manually edit the script for each file you wanted to convert.

Thank you sir! This right here is quite amazing and I'll be finding some good uses for it soon. It's simple without any extra fluff or misc features that aren't needed.

Yay at least 1 person found this thread useful, loool.

ffmpeg is amazingly capable, unfortunately most people these days seem to use websites instead. A simple script and an offline application are much better. I actually just used one of these this morning, lol.

DataMine wrote:

@XactoYay at least 1 person found this thread useful, loool.ffmpeg is amazingly capable, unfortunately most people these days seem to use websites instead. A simple script and an offline application are much better. I actually just used one of these this morning, lol.

Websites are inconvenient to use, however, it's also true that there are many GUI tools that simplify the various steps, or rather, that are capable of doing the same things via a GUI while providing support for even more audio/video formats, thus allowing different conversions to be performed.

For example, I usually use XMedia Recode (on Windows) or Handbrake (on Linux) to do the same things... and many more.

Edit: obviously both can use ffmpeg as well as other types of encoders to convert files.

My issue with websites is they require a network connection, are often slow, typically require payment, have lots of restrictions and worst of all, require giving them a copy of the file. Makes no sense to go through all that to perform a small task like converting a file.

When it comes to GUI vs CLI, For me, it depends on the task. If it's something simple like converting a file and the options don't change frequently, a cli automated by a script is preferred. For heavy tasks with lots of settings to customize or input to select, a GUI is typically better.

Speaking of Linux, I grew quite fond of being able to run simple tasks in the terminal globally. I've sort of replicated the system on my Windows machine. I've got a folder containing batch scripts that I assign aliases to using the PATH environment variable. This allows me to run them in the terminal just by typing the alias from anywhere in the filesystem.

For example I wrote a small file renamer utility. It takes a directory as input so I can use the Windows Explorer trick to open a command prompt in any directory, type in

renamer -r

and it'll use that directory as the argument and rename everything that matches the utilities settings. So much quicker and easier than running a program and filling out the settings.