help to make script run recursively

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

I have this little bash script I use to transcode mkv files using handbrake.

#!/bin/bash

sourcedir="/media/raid10/video/to_be_encoded_series"
destdir="/media/raid10/video/series"
cd "$sourcedir"
for i in *.mkv; do

HandBrakeCLI -i "$i" -o "$destdir/${i%.*}.mkv" -e x264 -q 20.0 -E copy -B auto -6 auto -R Auto -D 0.0 -f mkv --detelecine --decomb --loose-anamorphic -m -x b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50

mv "$i" /media/raid1/orig_series_mkv/"$i"
done

This is great for transcoding a batch of films all contained in the source directory, but I can't make it run recursively for files grouped into sub directories. I would also like to preserve the directory structure in the destination directory.

Thanks

2

Use find to search the subdirs and feed its output to a loop...

find <path_to_dir> -type f -name "*.mkv" | while read i
do
     <HandBrakeCLI command and args.>
     <mv command and args.>
done
3

Thanks,

Will this also preserve the directory structure in the destiation directory?

ie
/source/TVseries/original_file.mkv
to
/destination/TVseries/transcoded_file.mkv

4

Yes it will...as long as you use the move comand in your first post.

5

No luck I'm afraid, Handbrake runs but doesn't transcode anything and then there is an error with the mv command. I have commented out the cd and mv command to just leave the handbrake args but still no luck, here is my script:

#!/bin/bash

sourcedir="/media/raid10/video/to_be_encoded_series"
destdir="/media/raid10/video/series"
#cd "$sourcedir"

#for i in *.mkv; do
find "$sourcedir" -type f -name "*.mkv" | while read i
do

HandBrakeCLI -i "$i" -o "$destdir/${i%.*}.mkv" -e x264 -q 20.0 -E copy -B auto -6 auto -R Auto -D 0.0 -f mkv --detelecine --decomb --loose-anamorphic -m -x b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50

#mv "$i" /media/raid1/orig_series_mkv/"$i"
done

Thanks