On 01/07/17 19:25, Stephen via talk wrote:
I am new to Bash scripts.
I am trying to create a script to use avconv to convert mkv files to mp4
file.
Run one at a time the command runs fine.
When I execute this script I get an error about an unknown parameter. I
am guessing that the expansion with the filename variables is failing.
Can someone help me correct?
Thank you!
#!/bin/bash
# Usage: convert file to mp4
shopt -s nullglob
ext='.mp4'
for f in *.mkv
do
base=$(basename $f .mkv)
nFname=$base".mp4"
echo $nFname
avconv "-i $f -c:v libx264 -c:a copy $nFname"
done
Shouldn't you be quoting $f and $nFname separately, e.g.
avconv -i "$f" -c:v libx264 -c:a copy "$nFname"
otherwise filenames with spaces will see -i catch only part of the filename.
Try adding echo in front of the avconv command and see what would be
executed from within the script.
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