Batching help
 

I've got some avi files in a directory I want to downsize a lil bit (they may remain avis)

I go into the directory (cd ............)

then I want to use this:

for FILE in `ls *avi` ; do mencoder -of avi -ovc lavc -lavcoptodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=400:keyint=250:mbd=2:vm ax_b_frames=2:umv:preme=2:vpass=1 -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=64 -vf pp=hb/vb/dr/al/tn,scale=352:288,denoise3d=9:9:9 -ssf lgb=0.7 -ssf cgb=0.7 -ssf ls=0.9 -ssf cs=0.9 $FILE -o New-$FILE && mencoder -of avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=400:keyint=250:mbd=2:vmax_b_ frames=2:umv:preme=2:vpass=2 -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=64 -vf pp=hb/vb/dr/al/tn,scale=352:288,denoise3d=9:9:9 -ssf lgb=0.7 -ssf cgb=0.7 -ssf ls=0.9 -ssf cs=0.9 $FILE -o New-$FILE; done

---> this gives me:
File not found: 'Family'
..
File not found: 'Guy'
...

The files are named like this one:
Family Guy - Episode 307 - Lethal Weapons.avi

How can I tell him to convert all of them (without having to rename every singel one :? )

The for command use whitespace as the field separator. I can never remember what I have done in the past to get around this. I should really keep these scripts handy.

You could try using the find command: ie

where {} is the file found.

or you could write a script like

cheers,

I like this script (At least I understand what it does...
My problem is that, as a total Linux newbie, I don't really know how to execute this...

just inserting it in a convertem.sh and doing a ./convertem.sh gives me a
"bash: ./Comem.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Keine Berechtigung"

plz help... I began to like Linux :-D

It seems that you use bash and not sh. They are two different script interprete.

Type the command "which bash" and note what it gives (let say "/usr/local/bin/bash").

Then just replace the first line "#!/bin/sh" by "!#/usr/local/bin/bash"

Warning : There can be only one line starting with "!" and it must be the first one of the script !

This line is a pragma to tell to the system wich interpreter to use to handle the script.

Hmmmm... funny...

which bash gives me
"/bin/bash"

but neither
nor

nor

give me good results...
always this:

"bash: ./Convertem.sh: Keine Berechtigung"

(means sth like... you arent allowed to... you don't have the rights to...)

I see. Newbie you said ? :-) (no offense)

You have to tell bash that your file is a "executable" script and not a simple text file.

Hmmmm... I thought he already knew, according to this nice Icon with the shell... (nice pun btw.)

My problem was:
Can't change this because I've got these files on a fat32 drive...
--> moved the Convertem.sh to my Desktop Folder
--> thought it was nice of me to tell him where to go before start working (2nd line)

--> Error:
./Convertem.sh: line 6: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
./Convertem.sh: line 6: `done < ./file.list'

As he creates the file.list in the directory with all the avi files, I think this line was ok

You should use the wonderful man command.

I'm not at the office now, so don't have my workstation running under UNIX but the syntax should be :

While <condition> do <commands> done

It seems that here you miss the "do".

h3h3...
too much copy&paste
--->
Every time he gives me a "File not found: 'Family'"


Hmmmm.... at least he doesn't do
File not found: 'Family'
File not found: 'Guy'
no more
Only File not found: 'Family' now

It seems that you are learning script language, don't you ?
If I were you, learning for learning, I will learn PERL language.

I'm a UNIX system engineer, I do scripts since 7 years for my job and the worst pain in the ass for me is when a job must be done for technical reason in shell script ! I do whatever I want in perl in 5 minutes and I need 2 hours to have the same in shell script.

I even have windows version of perl installed on my home PC and I use it to do batch encoding of my KVCD !

And there is the difference...
I am an 18 year old pupil that can only do some Delphi and VB... *g*
I'll have to learn the other stuff in university in 2 years I guess :-D

BTW:
This seems to work (I used -->"<-- signs) :

From memory, I thought /bin/sh was a soft link to bash in linux?

Another method for executing scripts if they do not have the executable bit set is to do something like

/bin/sh ./my_script

This has the safety of you will not accidentally execute the script by type ./my_script.

@Razorbalde2000:

Did you get this working. I should have been more "complete" in the script for you. Any problems, let me know,

Cheers,

Works like a charm :-D

Encoding one file after the next... I just love it...