Automation Guide

Batch Video Processing with FFmpeg — Process 100+ Videos Automatically

Automate trimming, format conversion, resizing and quality control for entire folders of videos. Copy-ready bash and PowerShell scripts included.

Batch Convert to YouTube-Ready MP4

Bash (Mac/Linux)

for f in *.MOV; do
  ffmpeg -i "$f" \
    -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset medium \
    -c:a aac -b:a 192k \
    -movflags +faststart \
    "${f%.MOV}.mp4"
done

This converts every MOV file in the current directory to YouTube-ready MP4 with CRF 18 (near-lossless quality) and AAC audio at 192kbps.

Batch Resize to 1080p Width

Bash (Mac/Linux)

for f in *.mp4; do
  ffmpeg -i "$f" \
    -vf scale=1920:-1:flags=lanczos \
    "${f%.mp4}-1080p.mp4"
done

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