Plex Media Scripts

A collection of bash scripts for managing Plex media.

Scripts

fix_permissions.sh

Fixes file ownership and permissions for Plex media.

Features:

• Sets ownership to cdated:media for all files and directories

Usage:

sudo ./fix_permissions.sh

Requirements:

• Must be run with sudo/root privileges
• User cdated and group media must exist on the system

remove_pillarboxes.sh

Removes pillarboxes from video files and converts them to 4:3 aspect ratio, specifically designed for content like Columbo episodes that were originally filmed in 4:3 but distributed in 16:9 with black bars.

Features:

• Crops 1920x1080 (16:9) videos to 1440x1080 (4:3) by removing 240 pixels from each side
• GPU acceleration support using AMD VAAPI when available
• Automatic fallback to software encoding if GPU acceleration fails
• Preserves original files - creates converted versions in Converted_4x3/ directory
• Validates video dimensions before processing

Usage:

./remove_pillarboxes.sh

Requirements:

• ffmpeg with VAAPI support (for GPU acceleration)
• ffprobe for video analysis
• AMD GPU with VAAPI support (optional, falls back to software encoding)

Output:

• Converted files are saved in Converted_4x3/ directory
• Original directory structure is preserved
• Files are renamed with _4x3 suffix