Quickstart

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The following documentation is for versions prior to 1.0.1. It may contain features and usage instructions that are incompatible with the current version of mediacurator.

mediacurator [list,convert] [-del]
    [-in:any,avi,mkv,wmv,mpg,mp4,m4v,flv,vid,divx,ogm,webm]
    [-filters:fferror,old,lowres,hd,720p,1080p,uhd,mpeg,mpeg4,x264,wmv3,wmv]
    [-out:mkv/mp4,x265/av1]
    [-print:list,formated,verbose]
    [-dirs/-files:"/mnt/media/",,"/mnt/media2/"]

for multiple files or filenames use double comma separated values “,,”

default options are:

-in:any
-filters:
-out:mkv,x265
-print:list

Examples:

# List all videos with old codec in formated format
mediacurator list -filters:old -print:formated -dirs:/mnt/media/ >> ../medlist.txt
# Convert all videos with the codec mpeg4 in a mp4 using the av1 video codec and the delete the originals
mediacurator convert -del -filters:mpeg4 -out:av1,mp4 -dirs:"/mnt/media/Movies/"
# Convert any video with avi or mpg extensions, print formated text including ffmpeg's output and then delete the originals
mediacurator convert -del -in:avi,mpg -print:formated,verbose -dirs:/mnt/media/

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