My scripts to transcode my videos

This uses the ruby scripts from this GitHub project.

Install Ruby Windows

First install ruby from RubyInstaller.

Install HandBrake CLI (Command Line Interface)

Go to downloads and download the appropriate file for your machine and install.

Install Ruby gem

gem install video_transcoding

I use MakeMKV to save the video file containing the feature film and save it to the Videos directory. For the name of the video directory I use a quick google search to imdb, Deadpool imdb, for the name of the movie and the year eg. Deadpool (2016).

│   batch.ps1
│   queue.txt
│   README.md
│
├───Crops
│       README.md
│
├───TranscodeLogs
│       README.md
│
└───Videos
    │   README.md
    │
    └───DeadPool (2016)
            Title00.mkv

I then put Deadpool (2016) in the queue.txt file for the batch processing script to use.

Here is the display from Get-Help -Full .\batch.ps1 in PowerShell:

NAME
    C:\<Your Directory>\batch.ps1

SYNOPSIS
    Batch execution for transcoding video .mkv files to .mp4 for plex server


SYNTAX
    C:\<Your Directory>\batch.ps1 [[-DeleteFile]] [<CommonParameters>]


DESCRIPTION
    Powershell script that works with .mkv video files and transcodes them to .mp4 for plex servers


RELATED LINKS

REMARKS
    To see the examples, type: "get-help C:\<Your Directory>\batch.ps1 -examples".
    For more information, type: "get-help C:\<Your Directory>\batch.ps1 -detailed".
    For technical information, type: "get-help C:\<Your Directory>\batch.ps1 -full".



PS C:\<Your Directory>> Get-Help -Full .\batch.ps1

NAME
    C:\<Your Directory>\batch.ps1

SYNOPSIS
    Batch execution for transcoding video .mkv files to .mp4 for plex server

SYNTAX
    C:\<Your Directory>\batch.ps1 [[-DeleteFile]] [<CommonParameters>]


DESCRIPTION
    Powershell script that works with .mkv video files and transcodes them to .mp4 for plex servers


PARAMETERS
    -DeleteFile [<SwitchParameter>]
        Optional. When parameter specified it will remove the original video file(s)

        Required?                    false
        Position?                    1
        Default value                False
        Accept pipeline input?       false
        Accept wildcard characters?  false

    <CommonParameters>
        This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
        ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
        OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
        about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

INPUTS
    Parameters above




OUTPUTS
    None




NOTES


        Version:        1.0
        Author:         Darin Critchlow
        Creation Date:  07/20/2016
        Purpose/Change: Initial script development

    -------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

    PS C:\>./batch.ps1


    Starts processing video(s) listed in the queue.txt file and creates a new .mp4 video file in the completed
    directory inside a new
    directory with the same name that is in queue.txt file.





    -------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

    PS C:\>./batch.ps1 -DeleteFile


    Starts processing video(s) listed in the queue.txt file and creates a new .mp4 video file in the completed
    directory inside a new
    directory with the same name that is in queue.txt file and removes original .mkv video file.


RELATED LINKS
    https://github.com/dcritchlow/transcode-video