Modify Movies with ease using a collection of single task scripts
- Very easy to use, zero configuration required
- Clearly defined tasks that do not require an in-depth knowledge of movie tools
- Focus on WHAT you want to do, not HOW you might need to do it
- Most tasks can execute for every movie in a folder, or on a single file
- Remember just one command to modify your movies with ease: modmov
All tasks can be called using the same modmov bash script.
- Chapters - Add a list of chapters to an mkv
- Compress - Compress the bitrate of any mkv or mp4
- Concat - Concatenate all given movies into a single mp4
- Defaults - Set the default audio/subtitle track for multiple mkvs
- Extract - Extract a streamable mp4 from any mkv or mp4
- Merge - Merge mkv/mp4 files with srt/ass/mks subtitles to mkv (also called "muxing")
- Lint - Check for common errors in movie files by running a set of linters
The project is developed exclusively for Linux, although it might also work on Mac.
Run ./modmov without any arguments for help and usage details.
For every task, the following information is presented:
- A brief summary of it's function (also see the list above)
- If the original files will be modified or if a copy will be made (and where)
- The accepted movie input file types
- Additional software that you will need to install on you system (for example ffmpeg)
In short, most tasks are used like this: ./modmov <name> <location>
To use modmov everywhere on your system, simply create an alias to the bash script.
Modmov is essentially a wrapper for more complex movie processing tools. The tasks are separated into python scripts and are called by the modmov bash script. The help output of modmov includes a list of the required tools for all the tasks. The python scripts use subprocess to call ffmpeg/mkvtoolnix commands. These tools are not included in this project and are covered by different licenses.
Each time I run into a movie processing related issue or challenge, the modmov script collection will be expanded with a simplified task to solve it. This way I do not have to remember a billion different configurations for specific tooling. You are welcome to add your own specific movie related task to this repository via a PR.
The modmov script collection is created by Jelmer van Arnhem. You may copy and modify the code under the terms of the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for the exact terms and conditions.
