ffmpeg-watch

A Docker container designed to watch a directory and encode any file automatically.

You need to set your watch and output folders either as ENVIRONMENT variables or map volumes in docker-compose:

services:
  ffmpeg-watch:
    container_name: ffmpeg-watch
    image: labithiotis/ffmpeg-watch
    restart: always
    environment:
      ENCODER: libx265
      CRF: 28
      PRESET: verfast
      EXTENSION: mp4
    volumes:
      - 'PATH_TO_STORAGE:/storage'
      - 'PATH_TO_WATCH:/watch'
      - 'PATH_TO_OUTPUT:/output'

Options

Variables	Default
WATCH	/watch	Location of files to encode.
OUTPUT	/output	Where encoded files are saved.
STORAGE	/storage	Temp directory while processing files.
EXTENSION	mp4
ENCODER	libx265	https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.265
PRESET	veryfast	Set as low as you're willing to wait. See https://x265.readthedocs.io/en/default/presets.html
CRF	28	A quality factor for the encode from 0.0-58.0. Lower numbers are better quality and higher file size.
THREADS	1	How many CPU threads to use
PRIORITY	19
CPU_LIMIT	30	Limit CPU usage 1-100%