Manual¶

Name¶

MediaCurator

Synopsis¶

./curator.py [list,convert] [-del]
    [-in:any,avi,mkv,wmv,mpg,mp4,m4v,flv,vid]
    [-filters:fferror,old,lowres,hd,720p,1080p,uhd,mpeg,mpeg4,x264,wmv3,wmv]
    [-out:mkv/mp4,x265/av1]
    [-print:list,formated,verbose]
    [-dir/-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

Description¶

MediaCurator is a Python command line tool to manage a media database.

List all the video’s and their information with or without filters
Batch find and repair/convert videos with encoding errors
Batch recode videos to more modern codecs (x265 / AV1) based on filters: extentions, codecs, resolutions …

Options¶

list¶

Print information

convert¶

-del:¶

-in:¶

[any,avi,mkv,wmv,mpg,mp4,m4v,flv,vid]

-filters:¶

[fferror,old,lowres,hd,720p,1080p,uhd,mpeg,mpeg4,x264,wmv3,wmv]

-out:¶

[mkv/mp4,x265/av1]

-print:¶

[list,formated,verbose]

-dir:¶

[“/mnt/media/”,,”/mnt/media2/”]

-files:¶

[“/mnt/media/video.avi”,,”/mnt/media2/video2.mp4”]

Examples¶

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

More examples in Use cases

Author¶

Fabrice Quenneville