Video Converter script batch converts video files to a different format.

Video files produced by modern cameras, mirrorless or action cameras, occupy a lot of space. This is great for editing, but not so much for storing in cloud and viewing on a mobile device.

Using format like HEVC reduces size dramatically without much quality loss, and makes viewing your footage on mobile a joy.

On macOS you can use avconvert to convert individual files. Video Converter script automates this process for multiple files.

You need Python 3 to run it.

python3 convert.py <path to a file or a directory>

Alternatively you can make convert.py executable:

chmod +x convert.py
./convert.py <path to a file or a directory>

To store converted files convert.py creates out directory next to the source files. Original file names and metadata preserved.

convert.py uses PresetHEVCHighestQuality preset (a high quality preset with HEVC video and AAC audio). You can pass a different preset using --preset | -p name option. See man avconvert for the list of presets.