1. #Script created by ocnlogan, as part of Logans Learnings #1: Scripting handbrake in windows.
  3. #Creating a variable to store the path to all of the source files that will be encoded.
  4. #Change the text below (inside the quotes) to reflect where your files are located
  5. $inputpath = "I:\S"
  7. #getting the output path for the movies. Change this to what you would like it to say.
  8. $outputpath = "I:\E"
  10. #grabbing the filenames of all of the movies in the folder you just provided.
  11. $movies = ls $inputpath
  13. #The actual logic of the script.
  14. #starting to loop through each movie in your list of movies
  15. foreach($movie in $movies){
  17. #getting the name of the movie, without the file type added to the end.
  18. $name = $movie.basename
  20. #checking to see if the current movie has already been converted, and is sitting in the output folder.
  21. #this allows you to run the script repeatedly, without it wasting time converting something that is already done.
  22. if(!(test-path -path "$outputpath\$name.mkv")){
  24. #the actual command used to start handbrake, and encode/compress a movie.
  25. #Adjust these settings as necessary.
  26. #These are what I use when encoding, but YMMV for your application
  27. C:\"Program Files"\handbrake\HandBrakeCLI.exe -i "$inputpath\$movie" -o "$outputpath\$name.mkv"-e x264 -b 1000 -2 -T -a 1,1 -E mp3 -B 112 --mixdown stereo -f mkv --detelecine --
  29. decomb --loose-anamorphic -m -x rc-
  31. lookahead=30:ref=4:bframes=3:me=umh:subme=9:analyse=none:deblock=1:0:0:8x8dct=1
  36. }
  38. }
  40. </pre> </code>
  42. So, the whole process of automation goes to null.
  43. *HandBrake* has exited.
  44. Have you any suggestions?