MKV to MP4 conversion for PS3 playback.

This is the newer version of the MKV2M2TS conversion script I previously posted. This new version is faster and has less dependency plus the addition of HandBrakeCLI into the mix means that even when all else fails the script can still do a slower but guaranteed to work full encoding.

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# converts an MKV file to PS3 format
	#
	# Requires avconv and HandbrakeCLI
	#
	# This script will attempt to convert a file with avconv (fast)
	# and will fallback to Handbrake to encode more difficult files
	# when encountering an error.
	#
	# Log start time
	START_TIME=$(date +%s)
	function mkvextensions() {
	#filter out files that don't have mkv extensions and produce a list of files extension free
	if [ "${1:(-4)}" = ".mkv" ]; then
	filenamePath="${1:0:(-4)}"
	else
	filenamePath=''
	fi
	}
	function removePath() {
	filenameOnly="${1##*/}"
	}
	for filename in $@
	do
	mkvextensions $filename
	if [ "$filenamePath" != "" ]; then
	removePath $filenamePath
	echo "--- [$filenamePath.mkv] ---"
	avconv -i "$filenamePath.mkv" -c:v copy -c:a ac3 -b:a 448k "$filenameOnly.mp4"
	if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
	echo "!!! Encode failed $filenameOnly.mp4 !!!"
	rm $filenameOnly.mp4
	echo "--- Switching to HANDBRAKE for $filenameOnly.mkv ---"
	HandBrakeCLI -i "$filenamePath.mkv" -o "$filenameOnly.mp4" -e x264 -q 20.0 -a 1 -E ffac3 -6 stereo -R Auto -D 0.0 --audio-copy-mask ac3,aac,mp3 --audio-fallback ffac3 -f mp4 --loose-anamorphic --modulus 2 -m --x264-preset veryfast --h264-profile main --h264-level 4.2
	fi
	fi
	done
	#log end time
	END_TIME=$(date +%s)
	echo "Conversion time: $(( $END_TIME - $START_TIME )) seconds"

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