HandBrake-daemon is a cross platform (Windows, Linux) directory watcher service for HandBrakeCLI. Multiple watchers can be specified, which will queue and process media.
I am not a professional and this is my first attempt at maintaining a project, writing a service, and writing software for Linux, however I will do my best to resolve issues when they are reported. PR's, suggestions and comments are welcome.
v1.1.0
- Added docker support and build process.
- Added ability to specify default profiles(by name) in the profilePath configuration.
v1.0.0 - Release.
- Watch configurations can be added via the config file.
- Supports multiple watches.
- Watches support a
source,destination, andoriginsettings. - Watches can be individually customised to use different HandBrake encoding profiles via the
profilePathsetting. - Watches can be configured to place the output media inside of a nested, episode directory structure. i.e.
/DestinationDirectory/TitleName/Season #/output.mp4 - Watcher service scans the watched directories on start, and continues to watch the locations for new, and removed files.
- Subtitles matching the source name (and/or extending the name with a language, or contained within a subdirectory named
subs), will be embedded inside the output media.
HandBrake-CLI must be added to $PATH (Windows platforms require handbrake to be added under system rather than user level environment variables): Linux, Windows 10.
Afterwards, you must either restart (windows) or source ~/.*rc, depending on which shell you use.
- Verify the contents of install.sh
- Run the follwing command in a terminal emulator of your liking:
sudo bash -c "$(curl -s -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paddywaan/HandBrake-daemon/master/HandBrake-daemon/install.sh)"
Download the zip and extract, then run the install.sh after verifying its contents. The install script will move the necessary config files to their appropriate locations.
- Verify the contents of uninstall.sh
- Run the follwing command in a terminal emulator of your liking:
sudo bash -c "$(curl -s -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paddywaan/HandBrake-daemon/master/HandBrake-daemon/uninstall.sh)"
Download and extract the zip to the desired location, then run install.cmd as administrator to register the binary as a system service. You may now manipulate the service via services.msc
The docker image hes been setup to automatically create some directories and apply configurations, so you may leave the guest mountpoint /mnt/handbrake untouched if you do not have specific mounting requirements. Set the host location to be mounted and ensure the host directory exists, then run the following:
docker pull paddywaan/handbrakedaemon
sudo docker run -d -it --name handbrakedaemon -v /Host/Mount/Location:/mnt/handbrake paddywaan/handbrakedaemon handbrake-daemon
Nagivate to /Host/Mount/Location and two files, appsettings.json and handbrake-daemon.conf will have been created, alongside 3 directories. The config has been setup to automatically provide a working configuration with preset directory structure.
Restart the docker container using sudo docker restart handbrakedaemon
CAUTION: Moving files from an NTFS host will not trigger INotify on the guest system. The guest system must have the files moved or created within the context of the guest, or an ext4FS in order that INotify is triggered (This is what does the legwork for active directory watching).
Linux platforms store the configuration in /etc/handbrake-daemon.conf
Windows platforms store the configuration in the installation/extracted directory.
At least a single watcher must be defined in order for the service to run. Please make sure that you create all referenced directories and profiles with appropriate permissions before running the service
- The source directory is used as the directory to watch for new media to process, and upon completion the output will be placed inside the destination directory.
- If an origin directory is specified, the source file will be moved to the Original Media directory. If none is specified, the source will be deleted rather than moved.
- Watchers will only queue file extensions which are defined in the watch config. If none are specified, they default to
mp4,mkv,avi - Transcode settings are taken from the profilePath, which references a .json file containing a custom preset which may be exported from HandBrake's desktop UI, or if the built-in profiles are satisfactory, you may use
HandBrakeCLI -zto list all available profile titles. Simply replace the profile path with the title, inclusive of spaces, no escape sequences are required. - The isShow boolean can be set to true in order to nest the output media inside subdirectories to aid organization of seasonal content.
Finally, you may start the service for the first time:
Windows: sc start HandBrake-daemon
Linux: sudo systemctl start handbrake-daemon.service
When you are happy with the configuration, you can enable the daemon on boot via: sudo systemctl enable handbrake-daemon.service
Linux: Logging verbosity can be changed via setting the default level in appsettings.json: Debug, Information, Warning, Error, Critical.
By default, the level is set to Information, and the .json is stored alongside the binary in /usr/local/bin/ unless an alternative WorkingDirectory is specified inside the .service unit.
The logs are stored at /var/log/handbrake-daemon.log by default, and an updated progress% on the current encode can be seen via: tail -f /var/log/handbrake-daemon.log.
Windows: Logging verbosity can be changed via setting the default level for the EventLog section in appsettings.json: Debug, Information, Warning, Error, Critical. By default the level is set to Information, and the logs are stored inside EventViewer: Application, under the source: HandBrake-daemon