Default settings:

• Input = /home/user/media/trans_in
• Output = /home/user/media/trans_out
• H.264 video codec (Change in config.json. More in "Configuration" section)

About the Script

Rapture-Transcoder is a simple and effecient way to transcode video files. It uses ffmpeg under the hood to transcode video files. It is designed to be run as a schedualed task or manually. I am not a python programmer, so forgive me if this is not up to python standards.

For Windows Users Only!

1. Install and add ffmpeg to your PATH, follow this guide:

https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ffmpeg-windows

2. Install python3

https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

3. Download the latest release and unzip it.

4. Run the "run.exe" file to use the script.

Debian/Ubuntu Installation

1. Update your packages and libraries

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

2. Install the Rapture-Transcoder repository by running

git clone https://github.com/oliverdougherC/Rapture-Transcoder

3. Navigate to the Rapture-Transcoder directory

cd Rapture-Transcoder

4. Run the setup script

sudo ./setup

Configuration

1. If desired, change the transcoding settings in the config.json file.

nano config.json

Usage

1. Run the script

./run

2. Select the option you want. 1 for runing the transcode service.

3. Sit back and relax while the script transcodes your videos.

4. If you run into an error or are just curious, take a look at the log file

cat logs/transcoding.log

Note: The first time you run the script, the it will create the default directories specified in the config.json file if they do not exist.