Hello,

 

I am using my Unraid server to do store my large library of files and also to record my Over the Air (OTA) shows using the TVHeadEnd plugin. I am quite pleased with the way things work at the moment.

 

The OTA recordings is usually 1080 content and takes quite alot of space (about 12 GB per hour). I am looking for a simple way of automatically (i.e., having the unraid server do it) re-encoding the video files so that they take less space and preserve somewhat similar quality.

 

At the moment, all my recordings are saved in the same folder. I am using version 5.0 and a cache drive.

 

Help would be much appreciated.

 

PS: I saw that there is a Handbrake plugin for unraid but I think it is looking awfully complicated to set it up and maybe more than I really need. Guidance would be helpful 

What format/container are the files in that you want to compress?

I believe my recording program saves mpeg1-2 video in MKV containers. The audio is AC3.

 

 

HandBrakeCLI would be the way to go for what you are after.  Not sure if someone has compiled it for unRAID yet, but I'm sure someone can easily do it if one doesn't already exist.  Don't really need a plug-in unless they are implementing a pseudo gui for it or something.  Some info on how to use: http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/CLIGuide

Thanks for the reply!

 

I see that I will have to put my learning cap on and learn how to use handbrakeCLI.

 

Would it be possible to arrange the GO file (maybe with a "At time" command) it so that each night, CLI runs and compresses all files found in a given directory?

I would suggest a bash script run on a cron job for that.  There are plenty of people on this forum that are better able to help you with that if something similar is not found with a forum search.  I don't work too much with scripts, but a web or forum search should get you what you need to get started.