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Darksoul71 · 19th February 2013, 19:46

Hi there,

thanks for sharing this...it is always nice to see how other people solve their problems.
And sorry to hear about your mother. It always hurts when a beloved one goes away.

I must admit that I rather use Windows plus the Freemake Video Converter for such purposes. You simply drag in your source video(s), choose the output format and click on "go".

Just allow me a comment / question:
May I ask why you mainly use Bash scripting for your tools ?
Personally I always found Python more suitable and simpler for a lot of purposes (e.g. string processing, calculation). I often simply "glue" together a few bash arguments with Python and do things like string processing, comparison, etc in Python.

Here are three examples for my crappy scripts.

MKV DTS to AC3 converter (converts DTS to AC3 streams and strips DTS streams):
http://pastebin.com/w6JtVczr

MKV DTS to AC3 converter (which only adds AC3 streams to the MKV and leaves the DTS streams in place):
http://pastebin.com/0QaYSWFC

A simple multi process MP3 encoder:
http://pastebin.com/Cd71eU6a

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Darksoul71 Can you blush ? Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 696	Hi there, thanks for sharing this...it is always nice to see how other people solve their problems. And sorry to hear about your mother. It always hurts when a beloved one goes away. I must admit that I rather use Windows plus the Freemake Video Converter for such purposes. You simply drag in your source video(s), choose the output format and click on "go". Just allow me a comment / question: May I ask why you mainly use Bash scripting for your tools ? Personally I always found Python more suitable and simpler for a lot of purposes (e.g. string processing, calculation). I often simply "glue" together a few bash arguments with Python and do things like string processing, comparison, etc in Python. Here are three examples for my crappy scripts. MKV DTS to AC3 converter (converts DTS to AC3 streams and strips DTS streams): http://pastebin.com/w6JtVczr MKV DTS to AC3 converter (which only adds AC3 streams to the MKV and leaves the DTS streams in place): http://pastebin.com/0QaYSWFC A simple multi process MP3 encoder: http://pastebin.com/Cd71eU6a