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Help me debugs this script to create control ffmpeg from a bash script.

for f in $FILES
do
    INPUT_MOVIE=`basename "${f%.*}.mkv"`
    OUTPUT_MOVIE=${MOVIE:1}
    OUTPUT_MOVIE=${OUTPUT_MOVIE:0:2}") processed "${OUTPUT_MOVIE:2}
    /usr/bin/ffmpeg -i $INPUT_MOVIE -map 0:0 -vcodec copy -map 0:1 -acodec copy $OUTPUT_MOVIE
    /usr/bin/sleep 3
done

I've tried attaching the sleep but the processes seems to start to pile up. Is there a way to do them sequentially so that one video is processed after the other?

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    What you show should run one after the other. What makes you think the processes pile up? Could it just be that ffmpeg launches multiple instances of itself? – terdon♦ Jun 1 '16 at 17:44
  • what, exactly, is in $FILES? (and don't just say "filenames", that's obvious. Show some examples, add them to your question). Spaces, newlines, globbing characters? Use an array. Also, always double-quote ALL your variables. And why the weird usage of both basename AND ${f%.*}? – cas Jun 2 '16 at 3:07
  • and where is $MOVIE defined? do you mean INPUT_MOVIE there? BTW, if you run something in the background and later want to wait until it's finished before doing something else, don't use sleep. use wait. that's what it's for. see help wait in bash for details. – cas Jun 2 '16 at 3:12
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Would this work for your purposes?

for i in *.mkv; do ffmpeg -i "$i" … ;done

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