Table of contents

• About the project
• Pre-requisites
• Usage

About the project

Tested on Windows 10.
Converts various videos of your choice with ffmpeg. You can change this line if you wish another type of conversion or configuration for your videos:

ffmpeg -i "$file" -c:v libx264 -c:a copy "$output"

Leave "$file" and "$output" as is.

For more information see ffmpeg docs: link

Pre-requisites

ffmpeg needs to be installed on your computer.

1. Download ffmpeg.
2. Unzip ffmpeg.
3. Copy all the files from bin to a folder of your choice.
4. Add bin to your Path environment variables.

For this script to work, as PowerShell might be quite strict with some scripts, you need to activate this first:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

And to deactivate it once you're done:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted -Scope CurrentUser

Usage

1. It will ask if you are in the correct folder (answer with Y or N). If not, write your path and it will automatically change to the one you choose.
2. It will ask if this configuration is correct, choose [1] or [2].
3. It will ask you to input a filename. It will ask for every file in this path.
4. If you don't want my default conversion, open this file with any text editor and change it. See point About the project for ffmpeg docs.
5. If you want to cancel it, press CTRL+C.

Example:

• You're in C:\Downloads but your videos are in G:\Downloads\Movies, so when prompted answer with N
• Write G:\Downloads\Movies
• It will ask again. You're in G:\Downloads\Movies, so this time answer with Y
• Answer 2 when prompted asking about the configuration.
• Write movie01.mp4 and it will convert MyMovie.mkv to movie01.mp4
• For any remaining files, it will repeat the last point.