chromecastize

Simple bash script to convert video files into Google Chromecast supported format.

Script identifies video and audio format of given file (using

mediainfo

ffmpeg

Filename of output video file is

.mkv

.bak

Requirements

• mediainfo

• ffmpeg

Install requirements by running e.g.

apt-get install ffmpeg mediainfo

brew install ffmpeg mediainfo

Usage

./chromecastize.sh [--mp4 | --mkv | --stereo | --delete-on-success | --force-vencode | --force-aencode | --config=/path/to/config]  [videofile2 ...]

Examples:

• ./chromecastize.sh /Volumes/MyNAS

  - converts all videos on your NAS (assuming that it's mounted to

  /Volumes/MyNAS

  )

• ./chromecastize.sh Holiday.avi Wedding.avi

  - converts specified video files

Options:

• --mp4

  forces conversion to MPEG-4 container

• --mkv

  forces conversion to Matroska container

• --stereo

  forces conversion from multichannel audio to 2 channel stereo

• --delete-on-success

  deletes the original file on success instead of renaming it to

  .bak

• --force-vencode

  forces re-encoding of the video, if the codec is supported but the profile level is too high

• --force-aencode

  forces re-encoding of the audio

• --config=/path/to/config

  specify where to store configuration. When omitted the default folder

  ~/.chromecastize

  is used.

Changing default options

• Copy the example

  config.sh

  file to your config folder (default location:

  ~/.chromecastize

  ).
• Uncomment the options which you wish to change by removing the leading

  #

  symbol.

Authors

• Petr Kotek (did the script save you some time? donations appreciated: www.petrkotek.com)