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# 8  
Old 10-01-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
The for loop will not work properly in this case because file names make contain whitespace and special characters. Also, you need to put double quotes around your variable references.
Try this:
Code:
find "$DIR" -type f |
while read i
do
  ffmpeg -i "$i" -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -ac 2 -vcodec libx264 -vpre slow -crf 22 -threads 0 "$i".mp4 &&
  qt-faststart "$i".mp4 "$i".qt.mp4 &&
  chmod 777 "$i".qt.mp4 &&
  ffmpeg  -itsoffset -4  -i "$i" -vcodec mjpeg -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo -s 320x200 "$i".jpg &&
  chmod 777 "$i".jpg &&
  mv "$i".jpg /var/www/thumbs/ &&
  rm "$i".mp4 &&
  rm "$i" &&
  mv "$i".qt.mp4 /var/www/uploads/
done

BTW chmod 777 is bad practise

thank you, it looks much simpler Smilie i learn lots today
# 9  
Old 10-01-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by mysoogal
i try but it still can not understand, the file is Dream%20Job.mpg

the %20 is white space, how would i remove that with sed or ruby

forgive me, im new with this Smilie


this is what get

Code:
ffmpeg -i /var/www/tmp/Dream%20Job.mpg -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -ac 2  -vcodec libx264 -vpre slow -crf 22 -threads 0  /var/www/tmp/Dream%20Job.mpg.mp4

that %20 Smilie

i="`echo $i|sed 's/\[\|\]\| /_/g'`"
# 10  
Old 10-01-2010
thanks somebody in freenode #sed help me

so i figured it out like this

Code:

#!/bin/bash

 
    DIR=/var/www/tmp
 
find $DIR -type f |
while read i
do
  rename "s/%20/_/!/g;s/ /_/g" * $i && chmod 777 $i
done
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