Part 3: (Tutorial) Automating DVD Backup with FairMount, HandBrake and iTunes

mac.jedi · Nov 14, 2008

Announcement

I've posted a new tutorial thread in the Apple TV and Home Theater forum:
How-To: Automating DVD & Blu-Ray (Backup, Encoding & Tagging) for Mac OS X 10.6

I hoping this one will die a graceful death.

Enjoy!

Part 3: Automating DVD Backup with FairMount, HandBrake and iTunes

Parts to this tutorial:
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Using AppleScript to Automate Ripping
Part 3: Using a Batch Script to Automate HandBrake
Part 4: TV Show Renamer Droplet
Part 5: Add to iTunes and Auto-tag Script

Using a Batch Script to Automate HandBrake

What you need to get started
To complete this tutorial you will need to download and install the following applications:

HandBrakeCLI
HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. The Command Line Interface version of HandBrake is a lot faster and more flexible than the MacGui. Using scripting you can automate HandBrakeCLI to encode your files as a background process using the same parameters you'd set in the GUI.

Script Editor
Script Editor is located at /Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor.

Install HandBrakeCLI

Download and open the HandBrakeCLI disk image.
Next, drag the HandBrakeCLI application from the disk image to your applications folder.

Creating the HandBrakeCLI Batch Script:

This shell script will batch encode an entire directory full of TS_Video source media to any desired output HandBrakeCLI can handle, including presets. It will also encode every track that is longer than the length you specify in the batch encode script, which is a great time saver for batch encoding TV Shows.

Open TextEdit and create a new PLAIN TEXT document.

Next, select, copy and paste the shell script below into your text file.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

#  UPDATED: 01-22-2009

#  HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh is a script to batch execute the HandBrakeCLI.
#  This script is based upon the MediaForkCLI-batch.sh.

# Usage: HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh [options]
#
#  arg1:   inputSearchDir=<string>   Set input directory to process all DVDs in it (example: ~/Movies/Batch Rip) "
#  arg2:   outputDir=<string>        Set output directory for all output files (example: ~/Movies/Batch Encode) "
#  arg3:   fileType=<string>         Set the file type: .mp4, .avi, .omg, .mkv, .m4v (example: .m4v) "
#  arg4:   minTrackTime=<number>     Set the minimum time (mins) of the track/s to encode (example: 30) "
#  arg5:   toolArgs=<string>         Set the HandBrakeCLI encode settings (example: -2 -w 640) "

# Revision history:
# 0.20070329.0 - initial release
# 0.20081125.0 - revised for HandBrakeCLI
# 0.20090122.0 - fixed problem with spaces in the directory tree


#############################################################################
# globals

# const global variables
scriptName=`basename "$0"`
scriptVers="2.0"
scriptPID=$$
saveDVDinfo=1       # the dvd track info is also saved as txt file when on
skipDuplicates=1    # if this option is off (-0),
                    # the new output files will overwrite existing files
E_BADARGS=65

# set the global variables to default
toolName="HandBrakeCLI"
toolPath="/Applications/$toolName"
toolTrackArgs="-t 0" # scans dvd title list for all tracks
inputSearchDir=$1    # set input search directory: "~/Movies/Batch Rip"
outputDir="$2"       # set output directory: "~/Movies/Batch Encode"
fileType="$3"        # set output container: .m4v, .mp4, .avi, .omg, .mkv
minTrackTime="$4"    # this is in minutes: "30"
toolArgs="$5"        # set handbrakecli encode settings: "-2 -w 640"

#############################################################################
# functions

verifyFindCLTool()
{
	# attempt to find the HandBrakeCLI if the script toolPath is not good
	if [ ! -x "$toolPath" ];
	then
		toolPathTMP=`PATH=.:/Applications:/:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME:$PATH which $toolName | sed '/^[^\/]/d' | sed 's/\S//g'`
		
		if [ ! -z $toolPathTMP ]; then 
			toolPath=$toolPathTMP
		fi
	fi	
}

displayUsageExit()
{
	echo "Usage: $scriptName [options]"
	echo ""
	echo "    -h, --help   Print help"
	echo "    arg1:   inputSearchDir=<string>   Set input directory to process all DVDs in it (example: ~/Movies/Batch Rip) "
	echo "    arg2:   outputDir=<string>        Set output directory for all output files (example: ~/Movies/Batch Encode) "
	echo "    arg3:   fileType=<string>         Set the file type: .mp4, .avi, .omg, .mkv, .m4v (example: .m4v) "
	echo "    arg4:   minTrackTime=<number>     Set the minimum time (mins) of the track/s to encode (example: 30) "
	echo "    arg5:   toolArgs=<string>         Set the HandBrakeCLI encode settings (example: -2 -w 640) "
	
	
	if [ -x "$toolPath" ];
	then
		echo "   $toolName possible options"
		mForkHelp=`$toolPath --help 2>&1`
		mForkHelpPt=`printf "$mForkHelp" | egrep -v '( --input| --output| --help|Syntax: |^$)'`
		printf "$mForkHelpPt\n"
	else
		echo "    The options available to HandBrakeCLI except -o  and -i"
		if [ -e "$toolPath" ];
		then
			echo "    ERROR: $toolName command tool is not setup to execute"
			echo "    ERROR: attempting to use tool at $toolPath"
		else
			echo "    ERROR: $toolName command tool could not be found"
			echo "    ERROR: $toolName can be install in ./ /usr/local/bin/ /usr/bin/ ~/ or /Applications/"
		fi
	fi
	
	echo ""
	
	exit $E_BADARGS
}

getTrackListLongerThan()
{
	# Two input arguments are are need. 
	#   arg1 is the time in minutes selector
	#   arg2 is the raw text stream from the track 0 call to HandBrake
	#   returns: a list of track numbers of tracks longer then the selector
	
	if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
		return ""
	fi
	
	minTime="$1"
	shift
	allTrackText="$*"
	aReturn=""

	trackList=`eval "echo \"$allTrackText\" | egrep '(^\+ title |\+ duration\:)' | sed -e 's/^[^+]*+ //'g -e 's/title \([0-9]*\):/\1-/'g -e 's/duration: //'g"`
	
	trackNumber=""
	for aline in $trackList
	do
		trackLineFlag=`echo $aline | sed 's/[0-9]*-$/-/'`
		if [ $trackLineFlag = "-" ];
		then
			trackNumber=`echo $aline | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)-/\1/'`
		else
			set -- `echo $aline | sed -e 's/(^[:0-9])//g' -e 's/:/ /g'`
			if [ $3 -gt 29 ];
			then let trackTime=($1*60)+$2+1
			else let trackTime=($1*60)+$2
			fi

			if [ $trackTime -gt $minTime ];
			then aReturn="$aReturn $trackNumber"
			fi
		fi
	done
	
	echo "$aReturn"
}

makeFullPath()
{
   aReturn=""
   currentPath=`pwd`
   
   if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
      inPath="$*"
      
      # put full path in front of path if needed
      aReturn=`echo "$inPath" | sed -e "s!~!$currentPath/!" -e "s!^./!$currentPath/!" -e "s!^\([^/]\)!$currentPath/\1!" -e "s!^../!$currentPath/../!"`
      
      # remove ../ from path - only goes 4 deep
      aReturn=`echo "$aReturn" | sed -e 's!/[^\.^/]*/\.\./!/!g' | sed -e 's!/[^\.^/]*/\.\./!/!g' | sed -e 's!/[^\.^/]*/\.\./!/!g' | sed -e 's!/[^\.^/]*/\.\./!/!g'`
      
      # cleanup by removing //
      aReturn=`echo "$aReturn" | sed -e 's!//!/!g'`
   fi
   
   echo "$aReturn"
}

isPIDRunning()
{
	aResult=0
	
	if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
		txtResult="`ps ax | egrep \"^[ \t]*$1\" | sed -e 's/.*/1/'`"
		if [ -z "$txtResult" ];
		then aResult=0
		else aResult=1
		fi
	fi
	
	echo $aResult
}

#############################################################################
# MAIN SCRIPT

# initialization functions
verifyFindCLTool

# fix input and output paths to be full paths
inputSearchDir=`makeFullPath "$inputSearchDir"`
outputDir=`makeFullPath "$outputDir"`

# see if the output directory needs to be created
if [ ! -e $outputDir ]; then
	mkdir -p "$outputDir"
fi

# sanity checks
if [[ ! -x $toolPath || ! -d $inputSearchDir || ! -d $outputDir || -z "$toolArgs" ]]; then
	displayUsageExit
fi

# display the basic setup information
echo "$scriptName $scriptVers"
echo "  Start: `date`"
echo "  Input directory: $inputSearchDir"
echo "  Output directory: $outputDir"
echo "  File type: $fileType"
echo "  Minimum get track time: $minTrackTime mins"
echo "  Tool path: $toolPath"
echo "  Tool args: $toolArgs"
echo "  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"

# find all the DVD videos in the input search directory tree
# spaces in file path temporarily become /008 and paths are separ with spaces
dvdTSVidList=`find "$inputSearchDir" -name VIDEO_TS -print0 | tr ' ' '\007' | tr '\000' ' '`

# process each DVD video found
for dvdTSDir in $dvdTSVidList
do
	# correct the tmp char back to spaces in the DVD file paths
	dvdTSDir=`echo $dvdTSDir | tr '\007' ' '`
	
	# get the DVD's name and path to root of the DVD
	dvdVolPath=`dirname "$dvdTSDir"`
	dvdName=`basename "$dvdVolPath"`
	dvdNameALNUM=`basename "$dvdVolPath" | sed 's/[^[:alnum:]^-^_]//g'`
	
	# display information
	echo "  * Processing DVD '$dvdName'"
	
	# create tmp link to the dvdVolPath to workaround a problem that the
	# HandBrakeCLI tool has a problem with the input file paths with space
	# when in a script
	tmpNoSpacePath="/tmp/dvdVol-$dvdNameALNUM-$scriptPID"
	ln -s "$dvdVolPath" $tmpNoSpacePath
	
	# get the track list information from the DVD
	cmd="$toolPath -i $tmpNoSpacePath $toolTrackArgs /dev/null 2>&1"
	dvdTrackInfo=`eval $cmd`
	# save the DVD info
	outputFilePath="$outputDir/${dvdName}_Info.txt"
	if [ $saveDVDinfo -eq 1 ]; then
		if [[ ! -e  $outputFilePath || skipDuplicates -eq 0 ]]; then
			echo "$dvdTrackInfo" | egrep '[ \t]*\+' > "$outputFilePath"
		fi
	fi
	# get the track number of tracks which are longer then the time desired
	trackFetchList=`getTrackListLongerThan $minTrackTime "$dvdTrackInfo"`
	if [ ! -z "$trackFetchList" ];
	then
		echo "   Will encode the following tracks: `echo $trackFetchList | sed 's/ /, /g'` "
	else
		echo "   No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting"
	fi
				
	trackCount=`echo $trackFetchList | wc -w`
	for aTrack in $trackFetchList
	do
		if [ $trackCount -gt 1 ]
			then outputFilePath="$outputDir/${dvdName}${aTrack}$fileType"
			else outputFilePath="$outputDir/${dvdName}$fileType"
		fi
		cmd="$toolPath -i $tmpNoSpacePath $toolArgs -t $aTrack -o \"$outputFilePath\" > /tmp/${dvdNameALNUM}Results.txt 2>&1"
		
		if [[ ! -e  $outputFilePath || skipDuplicates -eq 0 ]];
		then
			# simple command execution
			#ripResult=`eval $cmd`
			
			# background command execution with some status
			eval $cmd &
			cmdPID=$!
			while [ `isPIDRunning $cmdPID` -eq 1 ]; do
				cmdStatusTxt="`tail -n 1 /tmp/${dvdNameALNUM}Results.txt | grep 'Encoding: '`"
				if [ ! -z "$cmdStatusTxt" ]; then
					echo -n "$cmdStatusTxt"
				fi
				sleep 1s
			done
			echo ""
			wait $cmdPID
			
		else
			echo "   Output file SKIPPED because it ALREADY EXISTS"
		fi
		
		if [ -e /tmp/${dvdNameALNUM}Results.txt ]; then
			rm /tmp/${dvdNameALNUM}Results.txt
		fi
	done

	rm $tmpNoSpacePath
done

echo "  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"
echo "  End: `date`"

exit 0


# End Script

Save the file in your ~/Movies/BatchScripts folder as: HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh. Save using the .sh extension.
Next we need to set the file permissions, open Terminal.app, type: chmod 777 ~/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh
Hit enter. Alternatively, you can just drag the file to the terminal window after the chmod 777 with a space before the path.

Creating Your Batch Encode Script:

This AppleScript can be triggered by an iCal Alarm to run the HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh file with defined encoding parameters for HandBrakeCLI.

Select, copy and paste the script below into a new Script Editor document.

Code:

---------- BatchEncode.scpt ----------
---------- Updated: 01-22-2009 ----------


global batchScript1, batchScript2

---------- Properties ----------

-- The input directory to process all DVDs (TS Folders) in it. Default is: ~/Movies/BatchRip. This folder will be automatically created on first run, but the script will fail since there isn't anything in the folder.
property inputPath1 : "~/Movies/BatchRip"

-- The output directory for all output files. Default is: ~/Movies/BatchEncode. This folder will be automatically created on first run.
property outputPath : "~/Movies/BatchEncode"

-- The path to your HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh script. Default is: ~/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh
property scriptPath : "~/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh" -- Insert the path to HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh.

-- Set your HandBrakeCLI encode settings.  Default is the Universal preset, HandBrake's universally compatible, full resolution settings for all current Apple devices: iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, and Macs). For more info in setting parameters, visit http://handbrake.fr and read the CLI Guide Wiki. 
property encodeSettings : "--preset=\"Universal\"" -- Note: you must escape quotes for presets. 

-- Set the minimum time (minutes) of the track/s to encode (default: 20)
property minGetTime : "20"

---------- Optional Properties ----------

-- Dual-Encode: If you have a fast multi-core processor and hard disk, you can setup two batch folders to encode two RIPs at once. 
property batchFolders : 1 -- If adding a second input directory, change number of batch folders to 2. 
property inputPath2 : "~/Movies/BatchRip2" -- Set second input directory to process all DVDs in it. Default is: ~/Movies/BatchRip2. This folder will be automatically created if the batchFolders property is set to 2.

-- Output Container: This script's default output container is .m4v(mp4). HandBrake can also save files in: .mkv, .avi, and .ogm.
property fileType : ".m4v"

-- Setup Growl Support: Set useGrowl to yes and set the path to the GrowlNotifyLib.scpt.
property useGrowl : no -- If you have growl, set to yes.
property growlTitle : "Batch Encode"
property growlMessage : "Your HandBrake Encodes Are Done!"
property growlLibraryPath : POSIX file "Users/userloginname/Movies/BatchScripts/GrowlNotifyLib.scpt" -- Set the path to the GrowlNotifyLib.scpt.

---------- Encode Script ----------

try
	if useGrowl is yes then setGrowl(growlTitle) of (load script growlLibraryPath)
end try
try
	createBatchScript()
	mkDir(inputPath1) & mkDir(outputPath)
	if batchFolders is 2 then mkDir(inputPath2)
	with timeout of 36000 seconds
		doScript()
		growlMe(growlTitle, growlMessage) of (load script growlLibraryPath)
	end timeout
end try

---------- Sub-routines ----------
to doScript()
	tell application "Terminal"
		activate
		tell application "System Events" to keystroke "n" using {command down}
		if batchFolders is 2 then repeat 1 times
			tell application "System Events" to keystroke "t" using {command down}
		end repeat
		do script batchScript1 in tab 1 of window 1
		if batchFolders is 2 then do script batchScript2 in tab 2 of window 1
		repeat until tab 1 of window 1 is not busy
			delay 4
		end repeat
		if batchFolders is 2 then repeat until tab 2 of window 1 is not busy
			delay 4
		end repeat
	end tell
end doScript

to setInput(batchFolder)
	set inputDir to quoted form of batchFolder
end setInput

to createBatchScript()
	set spc to " "
	set inputDir1 to setInput(inputPath1)
	set inputDir2 to setInput(inputPath2)
	set logFile to " | tee " & escapePath(outputPath)
	set outputDir to quoted form of outputPath
	set batchScript1 to escapePath(scriptPath) & spc & inputDir1 & spc & outputDir & spc & quoted form of fileType & spc & quoted form of minGetTime & spc & quoted form of encodeSettings & logFile & "/BatchEncode.log"
	set batchScript2 to escapePath(scriptPath) & spc & inputDir2 & spc & outputDir & spc & quoted form of fileType & spc & quoted form of minGetTime & spc & quoted form of encodeSettings & logFile & "/BatchEncode2.log"
end createBatchScript

on escapePath(outputPath)
	set the search_string to " "
	set the replacement_string to "\\ "
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the " "
	set the text_item_list to every text item of the outputPath
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
	set the new_item_name to the text_item_list as string
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
	set the outputPath to new_item_name
end escapePath

on mkDir(somepath)
	do shell script "mkdir -p " & escapePath(somepath)
end mkDir

---------- End Script ---------

Choose Script > Compile (CMD-K)
Follow the steps in the script to set the properties, if needed.
Save the script in your ~/Movies/BatchScripts folder as "batchEncode.scpt"

Setting An iCal Batch Encode Alarm

Create a Calendar and name it (ex. Scripts)
Select your new calender, create a New Event and name it (ex. Encode Alarm)
Set the Start Time to the time you'd like your encodes to begin (ex. 12:00AM)
Set the End Time to the Start Time + 1 minute (ex. 12:01AM)
Set Repeat to "Every Day" (if you want it to run every night)
Set End to "Never"
Set Alarm to "Run Script"
Below "Run Script", change "None" to "Other" and navigate to select your batchEncode.scpt
Set Notification to "0 minutes before"
Click Done.

Note: If you sync your iCal calendars with other Macs, you will need to select the calendar containing your Batch Encode Alarm on the other Macs and choose File > Get Info > and check the box next to "Ignore Alarms".

Go To Part 4: TV Show Renamer Droplet

johnclark · Nov 16, 2008

Thanks for this wonderful tutorial. Any idea if you can get it to automate with .mkv files too?

mac.jedi · Nov 16, 2008

johnclark said:
Thanks for this wonderful tutorial. Any idea if you can get it to automate with .mkv files too?

HandBrakeCLI will encode to mkv. You will need to modify the [mono]encodeSettings[/mono] in the batchEncode.scpt provided in the tutorial. More info on the code you will need is available at: http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/CLIGuide

It may be as easy as adding: -f mkv, but I haven't tried it. I usually only output to m4v.

BatchEncode.scpt Snippet

Code:

-- Insert your HandBrake encode settings. Note: you must escape quotes for presets. For more info in setting parameters, visit http://handbrake.fr and read the CLI Guide.
set encodeSettings to "--preset=\"AppleTV\" -2 -T"

johnclark · Nov 16, 2008

What I meant to ask was is there a way to change the source from VIDEO_TS folders to any file with a .mkv extension. Instead of batch encoding DVD video batch convert .mkv files to .m4v format. Thanks again.

TheCheapGeek · Nov 18, 2008

Yes i would love to see this setup modified to include other formats, espescialy avi's.

mac.jedi · Nov 19, 2008

Gotrpms said:
Yes i would love to see this setup modified to include other formats, espescialy avi's.

johnclark said:
What I meant to ask was is there a way to change the source from VIDEO_TS folders to any file with a .mkv extension. Instead of batch encoding DVD video batch convert .mkv files to .m4v format. Thanks again.

I don't think HandBrake is really designed to convert between codecs. I think the latest dev build of HandBrake may be adding this, but I'm not sure. Anyway, necessity is what drove me to figure out this workflow. Perhaps one of you will be so obsessed that you will find a way and let the rest of us know.

mac.jedi · Nov 20, 2008

Forgot to include instructions for M4V output for DD 5.1

Post Edited:
This post originally included a step for changing the MP4 output container to M4V for 5.1 Dolby Digital output. This is now a property in the BatchRip.scpt and also allows HandBrakeCLI to save files in three other widely used containers: .mkv, .avi, and .ogm.

mac.jedi · Nov 27, 2008

ANNOUNCEMENT: Tutorial & Scripts Updated!

ANNOUNCEMENT!
The tutorial instructions and scripts have been updated to make them more plug and play.

Changes:

Scripts have been rewritten to make them much easier to setup. My hope is that most users will not have to modify the scripts at all.
Scripts now include defaults that should run on any system. Default locations for files and scripts have been set to the ~/Movies/ directory.
BatchRip and BatchEncode Folders are now automatically created in your ~/Movies/ folder.
Growl Nofity Code has been moved to a script library that is loaded when called. You can now easily enable it in your batch script's properties.
BatchRip now auto-checks if two disks are loaded, no dual-drive setup required.
BatchRip now includes an auto-eject yes/no property.
BatchRip will now growl the disk name(s) when completed. Great for email notification.
HandBrakeCLI-Batch.sh shell script has been updated & posted. No additional setup should be needed.
BatchEncode now uses HandBrake's Universal preset by default.
BatchEncode now includes easier setup for encoding two batch folders at the same time.
BatchEncode now has a file type property to easily change output container. Default has been set to .m4v.

That might be it. Will edit if I think of anything else. Thx.

mac.jedi · Jan 22, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENT!
The tutorial instructions and scripts have been updated.

Changes:

BatchRip, BatchEncode and the HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh have been updated to correctly parse spaces in the directory tree
BatchEncode now displays progress through Terminal and saves output to a text file.

Thx.

mrklaw · Jan 25, 2009

question about the script? Seeing the terminal output there are lots of 'finds' going on, on a volume not related to the script or rip or encode. Is that normal? Here is the first part of my terminal output for reference.

Code:

Last login: Sun Jan 25 16:32:02 on ttys000
~/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh 'Volumes/media/JPNrips' 'Volumes/media/encodes' '.m4v' '20' '--preset="Universal" -2 -T -N eng --decomb' | tee Volumes/media/encodes/BatchEncode.log
MacMini:~ richardmini$ ~/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh 'Volumes/media/JPNrips' 'Volumes/media/encodes' '.m4v' '20' '--preset="Universal" -2 -T -N eng --decomb' | tee Volumes/media/encodes/BatchEncode.log
tee: Volumes/media/encodes/BatchEncode.log: No such file or directory
HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh v1.0
  Start: Sun 25 Jan 2009 16:32:02 GMT
  Input directory: /Volumes
  Output directory: /Users/richardmini/Movies/BatchRip
  Minimum get track time: 60 mins
  Tool path: /Applications/HandBrakeCLI
  Tool args:  Volumes/media/JPNrips Volumes/media/encodes .m4v 20 --preset="Universal" -2 -T -N eng --decomb
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
find: /Volumes/mini backup/.Trashes: Permission denied
find: /Volumes/mini backup/Library/Application Support/Apple/ParentalControls/Users: Permission denied
find: /Volumes/mini backup/Library/Application Support/Apple/Remote Desktop/Client: Permission denied
find: /Volumes/mini backup/Library/Logs/Console/501: Permission denied
find: /Volumes/mini backup/private/etc/cups/certs: Permission denied
find: /Volumes/mini backup/private/var/agentx: Permission denied
find: /Volumes/mini backup/private/var/at/tabs: Permission denied
find: /Volumes/mini backup/private/var/at/tmp: Permission denied
find: /Volumes/mini backup/private/var/backups: Permission denied
find: /Volumes/mini backup/private/var/db/dhcpclient: Permission denied

"media" is an external USB drive attached to the mini. "mini backup" is a partition on the same drive used for superduper clones of the mini. I have no idea what its looking at that for at all?

and then, at the end, after a bunch more 'finds', it comes up with this

Code:

  * Processing DVD 'SILENT_RUNNING'
   No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting
  * Processing DVD 'Kikis delivery service'
   Will encode the following tracks: 1

now the kiki part is fine, thats what its encoding, but SILENT_RUNNING isn't there any more - I checked and it was never in the JPNrips folder, and isn't in the normal rips folder either. Is that just a hangover from a previous encode?

mrklaw · Jan 25, 2009

another question

How do I get the batch encode script to put the system to sleep once its finished encoding? I think from reading up a little that the command is

Code:

tell application "Finder" to sleep

but where in the batch script should I put it?

Then I can set it to run each morning and if the queue is empty it'll just go to sleep to save energy during weekdays when its not going to be used

mac.jedi · Jan 25, 2009

mrklaw said:
Seeing the terminal output there are lots of 'finds' going on, on a volume not related to the script or rip or encode. Is that normal?

Hi, it appears your input directory is not entered correctly and it's trying to find all TSVideo folders on all Volumes.

I think you're missing a "/" at the beginning of your paths. It should be: "/Volumes/media/JPNrips"

If you want, post your entire script and I'll take a look. This is what my output looks like (notice all the paths start with a /):

Code:

/Volumes/SpeedDisk/Scripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh '/Volumes/SpeedDisk/Batch Rip 2' '/Volumes/SpeedDisk/Batch Encode' '.m4v' '20' '--preset="Universal" -2 -T' | tee /Volumes/SpeedDisk/Batch\ Encode/BatchEncode2.log
HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh 2.0
  Start: Sun Jan 25 12:02:00 PST 2009
  Input directory: /Volumes/SpeedDisk/Batch Rip 2
  Output directory: /Volumes/SpeedDisk/Batch Encode
  File type: .m4v
  Minimum get track time: 20 mins
  Tool path: /Applications/HandBrakeCLI
  Tool args: --preset="Universal" -2 -T
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

now the kiki part is fine, thats what its encoding, but SILENT_RUNNING isn't there any more - I checked and it was never in the JPNrips folder, and isn't in the normal rips folder either. Is that just a hangover from a previous encode?

Since your script is scanning all volumes, I think SILENT_RUNNING is probably somewhere on your system, either on your HD or an external drive, could even be on a mounted network drive. Once your input directory is correctly pointed to your batch folder. It will only scan that folder.

I hope this helps. Thx.

mac.jedi · Jan 25, 2009

mrklaw said:
but where in the batch script should I put it?

You could try putting it after the End Try. However, I wouldn't do it. It might cause issues if the script hasn't finished completely and you never know if there is a backup or something else going on when the command is issued.

I'd just set your sleep preferences to sleep after 30 or ? minutes of inactivity. That's what I do. If you setup an iCal alarm, the system should wake up and execute the script. You might have to set the "wake for administrator access" to on in the security pref pane. I don't remember if that's necessary or not.

goldstarqc · Jan 26, 2009

mac.jedi: Is there a way to select audio track, but with Language instead of number ? I'm not sure that my DVD's are all the same, so if I changed the script to look for Track 2 (French) on a DVD, how can I be sure it will be track 2 on all DVD ? I looked on the CLI wiki, but didnt find anything about that. They say you can have multiple audio track, but they dont say how to select a track by it's HEX Language code....

Do you think it's possible, because if not, it's pretty useless ! I would have to check each of them in the process which defeat the purpose of automation...

GoldstarQC

mrklaw · Jan 27, 2009

goldstarqc said:
mac.jedi: Is there a way to select audio track, but with Language instead of number ? I'm not sure that my DVD's are all the same, so if I changed the script to look for Track 2 (French) on a DVD, how can I be sure it will be track 2 on all DVD ? I looked on the CLI wiki, but didnt find anything about that. They say you can have multiple audio track, but they dont say how to select a track by it's HEX Language code....

Do you think it's possible, because if not, it's pretty useless ! I would have to check each of them in the process which defeat the purpose of automation...

GoldstarQC

I've looked and couldn't find anything. There was a brief discussion I found on the handbrake forums somewhere, and they pointed out that it isn't foolproof, as a DVD may have multiple language tracks for the same language - eg main audio, stereo, commentary etc.

I wanted this to pick out Japanese audio from anime DVDs - discs from Japan are usually Japanese on track 1, but UK releases are usually English dub on track 1. I've ended up manually selecting the UK releases, and automatically doing the Japanese discs, and its working out ok so far.

ApplEngineer · Jan 31, 2009

I'm trying to convert a tv series(house) I tried the script but it says there are no files greater than 20 mins. I think the issue is that the each episode is made up of multiple vob files and theyre about 13 mins each. Using this method will it only include the episodes by the small portions, or can I have it put together an entire episode?

Thanks

mrklaw · Jan 31, 2009

I'm either going to have to give up on this stage, or write about 4 different encode scripts, perhaps setting each one to execute on a different day of the week. I just have too many discs that don't fit into one standard. Off the top of my head I have

1) standard english language discs with english on track 1, no subs

2) Japanese import anime (mostly Ghilbi collection) which usually have Japanese on track one, and so I'd need english subs. I already have an amended batchencode script to hard code english subs when Japanese is the first audio track

3) English/US anime (eg Disney distributed Ghibli). These usually have the English dub as the first language, with Japanese on track 2. So I'd need a different script to force track 2, then use english subs as per (2) above

4) Disney discs which basically don't like being ripped at all.

So I'll end up with at least 3 scripts, and probably have to manually handle the disney stuff via handbrake 'specific title' or MTR chapter extraction.

I think I can handle the 3 different encode scripts, perhaps having 3 different batch rip scripts to put them in the right buckets (I already have 2 batchrip scripts mapped to remote control button presses via Remote buddy), and then maybe use my MBP to do the Disney stuff by hand.

LastLine · Feb 7, 2009

New problem - I can only figure through reading that I can use Handbrake presets in the CLI, however I have a preset named 'iPhone Movie' in my Handbrake GUI which rips just right for my needs on iPhone, iTunes, and AppleTV, but as I understand this won't exist in the CLI application I just installed, or will it? And if it doesn't, how can I get this automation to work to my preferred custom preset?

And another problem, I got to this stage yesterday and tried getting it to do the automated handbrake bit and had an error come up when the script ran. Perhaps someone can help me decode this?

Here's my code for the batch encode script

Code:

---------- BatchEncode.scpt ----------
---------- Updated: 01-22-2009 ----------


global batchScript1, batchScript2

---------- Properties ----------

-- The input directory to process all DVDs (TS Folders) in it. Default is: ~/Movies/BatchRip. This folder will be automatically created on first run, but the script will fail since there isn't anything in the folder.
property inputPath1 : "/Volumes/Toshiba/batchrip"

-- The output directory for all output files. Default is: ~/Movies/BatchEncode. This folder will be automatically created on first run.
property outputPath : "/Volumes/Toshiba/batchencode"

-- The path to your HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh script. Default is: ~/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh
property scriptPath : "/Volumes/Toshiba/batchrip/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh" -- Insert the path to HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh.

-- Set your HandBrakeCLI encode settings.  Default is the Universal preset, HandBrake's universally compatible, full resolution settings for all current Apple devices: iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, and Macs). For more info in setting parameters, visit http://handbrake.fr and read the CLI Guide Wiki. 
property encodeSettings : "--preset=\"AppleTV\"" -- Note: you must escape quotes for presets. 

-- Set the minimum time (minutes) of the track/s to encode (default: 20)
property minGetTime : "20"

---------- Optional Properties ----------

-- Dual-Encode: If you have a fast multi-core processor and hard disk, you can setup two batch folders to encode two RIPs at once. 
property batchFolders : 1 -- If adding a second input directory, change number of batch folders to 2. 
property inputPath2 : "~/Movies/BatchRip2" -- Set second input directory to process all DVDs in it. Default is: ~/Movies/BatchRip2. This folder will be automatically created if the batchFolders property is set to 2.

-- Output Container: This script's default output container is .m4v(mp4). HandBrake can also save files in: .mkv, .avi, and .ogm.
property fileType : ".m4v"

-- Setup Growl Support: Set useGrowl to yes and set the path to the GrowlNotifyLib.scpt.
property useGrowl : no -- If you have growl, set to yes.
property growlTitle : "Batch Encode"
property growlMessage : "Your HandBrake Encodes Are Done!"
property growlLibraryPath : POSIX file "Users/userloginname/Movies/BatchScripts/GrowlNotifyLib.scpt" -- Set the path to the GrowlNotifyLib.scpt.

---------- Encode Script ----------

try
	if useGrowl is yes then setGrowl(growlTitle) of (load script growlLibraryPath)
end try
try
	createBatchScript()
	mkDir(inputPath1) & mkDir(outputPath)
	if batchFolders is 2 then mkDir(inputPath2)
	with timeout of 36000 seconds
		doScript()
		growlMe(growlTitle, growlMessage) of (load script growlLibraryPath)
	end timeout
end try

---------- Sub-routines ----------
to doScript()
	tell application "Terminal"
		activate
		tell application "System Events" to keystroke "n" using {command down}
		if batchFolders is 2 then repeat 1 times
			tell application "System Events" to keystroke "t" using {command down}
		end repeat
		do script batchScript1 in tab 1 of window 1
		if batchFolders is 2 then do script batchScript2 in tab 2 of window 1
		repeat until tab 1 of window 1 is not busy
			delay 4
		end repeat
		if batchFolders is 2 then repeat until tab 2 of window 1 is not busy
			delay 4
		end repeat
	end tell
end doScript

to setInput(batchFolder)
	set inputDir to quoted form of batchFolder
end setInput

to createBatchScript()
	set spc to " "
	set inputDir1 to setInput(inputPath1)
	set inputDir2 to setInput(inputPath2)
	set logFile to " | tee " & escapePath(outputPath)
	set outputDir to quoted form of outputPath
	set batchScript1 to escapePath(scriptPath) & spc & inputDir1 & spc & outputDir & spc & quoted form of fileType & spc & quoted form of minGetTime & spc & quoted form of encodeSettings & logFile & "/BatchEncode.log"
	set batchScript2 to escapePath(scriptPath) & spc & inputDir2 & spc & outputDir & spc & quoted form of fileType & spc & quoted form of minGetTime & spc & quoted form of encodeSettings & logFile & "/BatchEncode2.log"
end createBatchScript

on escapePath(outputPath)
	set the search_string to " "
	set the replacement_string to "\\ "
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the " "
	set the text_item_list to every text item of the outputPath
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
	set the new_item_name to the text_item_list as string
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
	set the outputPath to new_item_name
end escapePath

on mkDir(somepath)
	do shell script "mkdir -p " & escapePath(somepath)
end mkDir

---------- End Script ---------

Which I believed was fine (it points to the right folders for where I want it to.)

And here's my code from the .sh file

Code:

#!/bin/sh

#  UPDATED: 01-22-2009

#  HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh is a script to batch execute the HandBrakeCLI.
#  This script is based upon the MediaForkCLI-batch.sh.

# Usage: HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh [options]
#
#  arg1:   inputSearchDir=<string>   Set input directory to process all DVDs in it (example: ~/Movies/Batch Rip) "
#  arg2:   outputDir=<string>        Set output directory for all output files (example: ~/Movies/Batch Encode) "
#  arg3:   fileType=<string>         Set the file type: .mp4, .avi, .omg, .mkv, .m4v (example: .m4v) "
#  arg4:   minTrackTime=<number>     Set the minimum time (mins) of the track/s to encode (example: 30) "
#  arg5:   toolArgs=<string>         Set the HandBrakeCLI encode settings (example: -2 -w 640) "

# Revision history:
# 0.20070329.0 - initial release
# 0.20081125.0 - revised for HandBrakeCLI
# 0.20090122.0 - fixed problem with spaces in the directory tree


#############################################################################
# globals

# const global variables
scriptName=`basename "$0"`
scriptVers="2.0"
scriptPID=$$
saveDVDinfo=1       # the dvd track info is also saved as txt file when on
skipDuplicates=1    # if this option is off (-0),
                    # the new output files will overwrite existing files
E_BADARGS=65

# set the global variables to default
toolName="HandBrakeCLI"
toolPath="/Applications/$toolName"
toolTrackArgs="-t 0" # scans dvd title list for all tracks
inputSearchDir="/volumes/Toshiba/batchrip"    # set input search directory: "/volumes/Toshiba/batchrip"
outputDir="/Volumes/Toshiba/batchencode"       # set output directory: "/volumes/Toshiba/batchencode"
fileType="$3"        # set output container: .m4v, .mp4, .avi, .omg, .mkv
minTrackTime="$4"    # this is in minutes: "30"
toolArgs="$5"        # set handbrakecli encode settings: "-2 -w 640"

#############################################################################
# functions

verifyFindCLTool()
{
	# attempt to find the HandBrakeCLI if the script toolPath is not good
	if [ ! -x "$toolPath" ];
	then
		toolPathTMP=`PATH=.:/Applications:/:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME:$PATH which $toolName | sed '/^[^\/]/d' | sed 's/\S//g'`
		
		if [ ! -z $toolPathTMP ]; then 
			toolPath=$toolPathTMP
		fi
	fi	
}

displayUsageExit()
{
	echo "Usage: $scriptName [options]"
	echo ""
	echo "    -h, --help   Print help"
	echo "    arg1:   inputSearchDir=<string>   Set input directory to process all DVDs in it (example: ~/Movies/Batch Rip) "
	echo "    arg2:   outputDir=<string>        Set output directory for all output files (example: ~/Movies/Batch Encode) "
	echo "    arg3:   fileType=<string>         Set the file type: .mp4, .avi, .omg, .mkv, .m4v (example: .m4v) "
	echo "    arg4:   minTrackTime=<number>     Set the minimum time (mins) of the track/s to encode (example: 30) "
	echo "    arg5:   toolArgs=<string>         Set the HandBrakeCLI encode settings (example: -2 -w 640) "
	
	
	if [ -x "$toolPath" ];
	then
		echo "   $toolName possible options"
		mForkHelp=`$toolPath --help 2>&1`
		mForkHelpPt=`printf "$mForkHelp" | egrep -v '( --input| --output| --help|Syntax: |^$)'`
		printf "$mForkHelpPt\n"
	else
		echo "    The options available to HandBrakeCLI except -o  and -i"
		if [ -e "$toolPath" ];
		then
			echo "    ERROR: $toolName command tool is not setup to execute"
			echo "    ERROR: attempting to use tool at $toolPath"
		else
			echo "    ERROR: $toolName command tool could not be found"
			echo "    ERROR: $toolName can be install in ./ /usr/local/bin/ /usr/bin/ ~/ or /Applications/"
		fi
	fi
	
	echo ""
	
	exit $E_BADARGS
}

getTrackListLongerThan()
{
	# Two input arguments are are need. 
	#   arg1 is the time in minutes selector
	#   arg2 is the raw text stream from the track 0 call to HandBrake
	#   returns: a list of track numbers of tracks longer then the selector
	
	if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
		return ""
	fi
	
	minTime="$1"
	shift
	allTrackText="$*"
	aReturn=""

	trackList=`eval "echo \"$allTrackText\" | egrep '(^\+ title |\+ duration\:)' | sed -e 's/^[^+]*+ //'g -e 's/title \([0-9]*\):/\1-/'g -e 's/duration: //'g"`
	
	trackNumber=""
	for aline in $trackList
	do
		trackLineFlag=`echo $aline | sed 's/[0-9]*-$/-/'`
		if [ $trackLineFlag = "-" ];
		then
			trackNumber=`echo $aline | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)-/\1/'`
		else
			set -- `echo $aline | sed -e 's/(^[:0-9])//g' -e 's/:/ /g'`
			if [ $3 -gt 29 ];
			then let trackTime=($1*60)+$2+1
			else let trackTime=($1*60)+$2
			fi

			if [ $trackTime -gt $minTime ];
			then aReturn="$aReturn $trackNumber"
			fi
		fi
	done
	
	echo "$aReturn"
}

makeFullPath()
{
   aReturn=""
   currentPath=`pwd`
   
   if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
      inPath="$*"
      
      # put full path in front of path if needed
      aReturn=`echo "$inPath" | sed -e "s!~!$currentPath/!" -e "s!^./!$currentPath/!" -e "s!^\([^/]\)!$currentPath/\1!" -e "s!^../!$currentPath/../!"`
      
      # remove ../ from path - only goes 4 deep
      aReturn=`echo "$aReturn" | sed -e 's!/[^\.^/]*/\.\./!/!g' | sed -e 's!/[^\.^/]*/\.\./!/!g' | sed -e 's!/[^\.^/]*/\.\./!/!g' | sed -e 's!/[^\.^/]*/\.\./!/!g'`
      
      # cleanup by removing //
      aReturn=`echo "$aReturn" | sed -e 's!//!/!g'`
   fi
   
   echo "$aReturn"
}

isPIDRunning()
{
	aResult=0
	
	if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
		txtResult="`ps ax | egrep \"^[ \t]*$1\" | sed -e 's/.*/1/'`"
		if [ -z "$txtResult" ];
		then aResult=0
		else aResult=1
		fi
	fi
	
	echo $aResult
}

#############################################################################
# MAIN SCRIPT

# initialization functions
verifyFindCLTool

# fix input and output paths to be full paths
inputSearchDir=`makeFullPath "$inputSearchDir"`
outputDir=`makeFullPath "$outputDir"`

# see if the output directory needs to be created
if [ ! -e $outputDir ]; then
	mkdir -p "$outputDir"
fi

# sanity checks
if [[ ! -x $toolPath || ! -d $inputSearchDir || ! -d $outputDir || -z "$toolArgs" ]]; then
	displayUsageExit
fi

# display the basic setup information
echo "$scriptName $scriptVers"
echo "  Start: `date`"
echo "  Input directory: $inputSearchDir"
echo "  Output directory: $outputDir"
echo "  File type: $fileType"
echo "  Minimum get track time: $minTrackTime mins"
echo "  Tool path: $toolPath"
echo "  Tool args: $toolArgs"
echo "  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"

# find all the DVD videos in the input search directory tree
# spaces in file path temporarily become /008 and paths are separ with spaces
dvdTSVidList=`find "$inputSearchDir" -name VIDEO_TS -print0 | tr ' ' '\007' | tr '\000' ' '`

# process each DVD video found
for dvdTSDir in $dvdTSVidList
do
	# correct the tmp char back to spaces in the DVD file paths
	dvdTSDir=`echo $dvdTSDir | tr '\007' ' '`
	
	# get the DVD's name and path to root of the DVD
	dvdVolPath=`dirname "$dvdTSDir"`
	dvdName=`basename "$dvdVolPath"`
	dvdNameALNUM=`basename "$dvdVolPath" | sed 's/[^[:alnum:]^-^_]//g'`
	
	# display information
	echo "  * Processing DVD '$dvdName'"
	
	# create tmp link to the dvdVolPath to workaround a problem that the
	# HandBrakeCLI tool has a problem with the input file paths with space
	# when in a script
	tmpNoSpacePath="/tmp/dvdVol-$dvdNameALNUM-$scriptPID"
	ln -s "$dvdVolPath" $tmpNoSpacePath
	
	# get the track list information from the DVD
	cmd="$toolPath -i $tmpNoSpacePath $toolTrackArgs /dev/null 2>&1"
	dvdTrackInfo=`eval $cmd`
	# save the DVD info
	outputFilePath="$outputDir/${dvdName}_Info.txt"
	if [ $saveDVDinfo -eq 1 ]; then
		if [[ ! -e  $outputFilePath || skipDuplicates -eq 0 ]]; then
			echo "$dvdTrackInfo" | egrep '[ \t]*\+' > "$outputFilePath"
		fi
	fi
	# get the track number of tracks which are longer then the time desired
	trackFetchList=`getTrackListLongerThan $minTrackTime "$dvdTrackInfo"`
	if [ ! -z "$trackFetchList" ];
	then
		echo "   Will encode the following tracks: `echo $trackFetchList | sed 's/ /, /g'` "
	else
		echo "   No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting"
	fi
				
	trackCount=`echo $trackFetchList | wc -w`
	for aTrack in $trackFetchList
	do
		if [ $trackCount -gt 1 ]
			then outputFilePath="$outputDir/${dvdName}${aTrack}$fileType"
			else outputFilePath="$outputDir/${dvdName}$fileType"
		fi
		cmd="$toolPath -i $tmpNoSpacePath $toolArgs -t $aTrack -o \"$outputFilePath\" > /tmp/${dvdNameALNUM}Results.txt 2>&1"
		
		if [[ ! -e  $outputFilePath || skipDuplicates -eq 0 ]];
		then
			# simple command execution
			#ripResult=`eval $cmd`
			
			# background command execution with some status
			eval $cmd &
			cmdPID=$!
			while [ `isPIDRunning $cmdPID` -eq 1 ]; do
				cmdStatusTxt="`tail -n 1 /tmp/${dvdNameALNUM}Results.txt | grep 'Encoding: '`"
				if [ ! -z "$cmdStatusTxt" ]; then
					echo -n "$cmdStatusTxt"
				fi
				sleep 1s
			done
			echo ""
			wait $cmdPID
			
		else
			echo "   Output file SKIPPED because it ALREADY EXISTS"
		fi
		
		if [ -e /tmp/${dvdNameALNUM}Results.txt ]; then
			rm /tmp/${dvdNameALNUM}Results.txt
		fi
	done

	rm $tmpNoSpacePath
done

echo "  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"
echo "  End: `date`"

exit 0


# End Script

And finally, here's the error message I get

Code:

Last login: Sun Feb  8 10:38:00 on ttys000
/Volumes/Toshiba/batchrip/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh '/Volumes/Toshiba/batchrip' '/Volumes/Toshiba/batchencode' '.m4v' '20' '--preset="AppleTV"' | tee /Volumes/Toshiba/batchencode/BatchEncode.log
david-clarkes-macbook:~ davidclarke$ /Volumes/Toshiba/batchrip/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh '/Volumes/Toshiba/batchrip' '/Volumes/Toshiba/batchencode' '.m4v' '20' '--preset="AppleTV"' | tee /Volumes/Toshiba/batchencode/BatchEncode.log
/Volumes/Toshiba/batchrip/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh: line 1: {rtf1ansiansicpg1252cocoartf949cocoasubrtf270: command not found
/Volumes/Toshiba/batchrip/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/Volumes/Toshiba/batchrip/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh: line 2: `{\fonttbl\f0\fmodern\fcharset0 Courier;}'
david-clarkes-macbook:~ davidclarke$

Any help anyone? Please? :S

bteeuwen · Feb 14, 2009

error encode script

When I try to run the script, it says this:

bteeuwen@Ben-2 ~]$~/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh '~/Movies/BatchRip' '~/Movies/BatchEncode' '.m4v' '20' '--preset="Universal"' | tee ~/Movies/BatchEncode/BatchEncode.log
/Users/bteeuwen/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh: line 1: {rtf1ansiansicpg1252cocoartf949cocoasubrtf430: command not found
/Users/bteeuwen/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/Users/bteeuwen/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh: line 2: `{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}'

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

nickthebrodie · Feb 28, 2009

bteeuwen said:
When I try to run the script, it says this:

bteeuwen@Ben-2 ~]$~/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh '~/Movies/BatchRip' '~/Movies/BatchEncode' '.m4v' '20' '--preset="Universal"' | tee ~/Movies/BatchEncode/BatchEncode.log
/Users/bteeuwen/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh: line 1: {rtf1ansiansicpg1252cocoartf949cocoasubrtf430: command not found
/Users/bteeuwen/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
/Users/bteeuwen/Movies/BatchScripts/HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh: line 2: `{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}'

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

I've been having the exact same error and finally figured out the problem. In textedit when you are creating the HandBrake script you need to format the document for plain text which is done by clicking 'Make Plain Text' under format on the menu bar. That's what got it working for me.

brettatredback · Feb 28, 2009

Simple question, but does the universal preset automatically encode the dolby digital track with this script so u get surround sound on the appletv?

thx

PSUlion01 · Apr 11, 2009

25gig log file???

I just ran this script to encode the rips in my BatchRip folder (4 dvds) and when reviewing all of the files it appeared that batchencode.log was just under 25gb in size? Any idea what could be going on? When encoding, the progress was printing a new line every second or so, resulting in thousands of lines over the 18 hours or so of encoding, but still, I would think that the log file is only text, so why would it be so big? Must be some type of bug in the code, right?

Can someone help out, or offer to either review my scripts for me? I copied and pasted everything, only changing the CLI options for HandBrake.

Thanks
Mike

spyderboyy · May 24, 2009

Another syntax error

When I copy and paste, and then hit CMD + K, it errors and tells me "expected end of line, but found number."

It then highlights numbers like what I've bolded below:

end repeat
do script batchScript1 in tab 1 of window 1
if batchFolders is 2 then do script batchScript2 in tab 2 of window 1

toppledwagon · Jul 3, 2009

PSUlion01 said:
I just ran this script to encode the rips in my BatchRip folder (4 dvds) and when reviewing all of the files it appeared that batchencode.log was just under 25gb in size? Any idea what could be going on? When encoding, the progress was printing a new line every second or so, resulting in thousands of lines over the 18 hours or so of encoding, but still, I would think that the log file is only text, so why would it be so big? Must be some type of bug in the code, right?

Can someone help out, or offer to either review my scripts for me? I copied and pasted everything, only changing the CLI options for HandBrake.

Thanks
Mike

Yeah, that batchencode.log was insanely sized for me as well. I figured out why. Here are my changes. This increased my encoding speed by almost 15x!

Change the lines in HandBrakeCLI-batch.sh near line 263 to look like this. I changed the tail, echo and sleep parameters.

Code:

			while [ `isPIDRunning $cmdPID` -eq 1 ]; do
				cmdStatusTxt="`tail -b 1 /tmp/${dvdNameALNUM}Results.txt | grep 'Encoding: '`"
                                if [ ! -z "$cmdStatusTxt" ]; then
					echo "$cmdStatusTxt"
                                fi
                                sleep 10s
                        done

stuartmingay · Jul 15, 2009

Will it know if it's already encoded something?

As far as I can tell, I've got the scripts installed correctly, but with the multiple iCal events starting the batch encoding, it seems to attempt to re-encode everything that's in BatchRip each time it runs. Is this correct behavior?

Thanks

Stuart

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