Get-ChildItem -Filter "*.mkv" | ForEach-Object ffmpeg -i $_.Name -c:v libx265 -crf 23 -preset medium -c:a aac -b:a 128k -c:s copy ("compressed_" + $_.Name)
FFmpeg won't help you steal a horse or fake a psychiatrist's signature, but it will make your digital Brassic collection a lot easier to manage. brassic s05 ffmpeg
for f in *.mkv; do ffmpeg -i "$f" -c:v libx265 -crf 23 -preset medium -c:a aac -b:a 128k -c:s copy "compressed_$f"; done If you’ve watched S05E03, you know there’s a scene in a dark cellar that looks like a black screen on most compressed video. If your encode crushes the blacks, add this filter: Get-ChildItem -Filter "*