So to "partially" answer my own question, I came across
this link, which apparently provides a perl script to automate the batch conversion of VIDEO_TS rips using Handbrake...
YEAH!
Now perhaps someone might be willing to help me out part 2 of this equation, which I have no idea how to accomplish...How do I use this perl script??
Specifically, here are some questions which I have no idea how to address
(quoted items below are copied from the hint description at the link above):
then you can use this Perl wrapper to convert as many VIDEO_TS folders as you like
How exactly do I "use" a perl wrapper? I downloaded the "mediaforker_pl.txt" file, so how does one use this to performs the batch conversion?
It processes every single title on every single VIDEO_TS folder that it finds
I had a quick look a the perl script mentioned in the link above and from what I gather it appears that there are a couple lines of the script that can be edited to configure it to run on a folder of your choosing
...
Can someone confirm whether or not the following section of the script (below)
is what I should to tweak to run it on my chosen folder (which contains multiple VIDEO_TS rips) - if so, have I tweaked it properly? - if so, is that all I have to tweak in the entire script if I do want to use the default output settings?
Code:
# Process input args
#
my $narg = scalar( @ARGV );
my $compressargs = "";
my $allargs = "";
my $infolder = "/Users/micahdiamond/Movies/Ripped\ DVDs/TEST";
my $outfolder = "/Users/micahdiamond/Movies/Ripped\ DVDs/TEST-OUTPUT";
my $ext = ".mp4";
What would need to be tweaked in the script if I wanted to instead output files using handbrake's default 'iPhone Profile'?
Also, you only have to set the flags only once...
When do I do this?
- Is it done in the perl script itself, by editing it and re-saving it?
- or am I supposed to open handbrake and configure it how I want it, then run the script and it will proceed to batch process using the settings I configure for that first opened file?
- or does it basically open handbrake and target the first VIDEO_TS folder in the list of folders that will be batch processed, at which point it pauses and waits for me to insert my settings and click 'Start' after which it will use those settings for the batch conversion?
- or is it done somewhere else entirely?
Don't forget to chmod u+x mediaforker.pl before you try to run it
I have heard this kind of instruction mentioned so many times for so many different things over the years, and I still have no idea how the heck to chmod something?? Can someone spell this one out for me in plain English (the total dummy version), step-by-step?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated... Thanks!
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