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Always output MKV in transcode-hevc to avoid container codec issues

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MP4 containers don't support all subtitle/codec combinations with HEVC.
MKV handles everything, so always output .mkv and remove the original
if it was a different format.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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ediblerope 2026-04-15 19:20:02 +01:00
parent 603ac86f0a
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scripts/transcode-hevc.sh
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@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
log "Encoding: $file ($original_size_h)" log "Encoding: $file ($original_size_h)"
# Encode to temp file in same directory (same filesystem for atomic move) # Always output as MKV — it supports all codecs/subtitle formats
dir=$(dirname "$file") dir=$(dirname "$file")
base=$(basename "$file") base=$(basename "$file")
ext="${base##*.}"
name="${base%.*}" name="${base%.*}"
tmp_file="${dir}/.transcode-${name}.${ext}" tmp_file="${dir}/.transcode-${name}.mkv"
final_file="${dir}/${name}.mkv"
# Clean up any leftover temp file from a previous interrupted run # Clean up any leftover temp file from a previous interrupted run
rm -f "$tmp_file" rm -f "$tmp_file"
@ -199,9 +199,13 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
saved_bytes=$((saved_bytes + diff_bytes)) saved_bytes=$((saved_bytes + diff_bytes))
diff_h=$(numfmt --to=iec "$diff_bytes" 2>/dev/null || echo "${diff_bytes}B") diff_h=$(numfmt --to=iec "$diff_bytes" 2>/dev/null || echo "${diff_bytes}B")
# Replace original # Move temp to final destination
mv "$tmp_file" "$file" mv "$tmp_file" "$final_file"
mark_done "$file" # Remove original if it was a different format (e.g. .mp4 -> .mkv)
if [[ "$file" != "$final_file" ]]; then
rm -f "$file"
fi
mark_done "$final_file"
encoded=$((encoded + 1)) encoded=$((encoded + 1))
log "Done: $file ($original_size_h -> $new_size_h) Saved: $diff_h" log "Done: $file ($original_size_h -> $new_size_h) Saved: $diff_h"