#!/bin/bash if [ -z $1 ] ; then echo "need input file at position 1" exit 1 fi set -ex input=$1 if ! [ -f $input ] ; then echo "$input does not appear to exist" exit 1 fi basename=${input%.*} output="${basename}_small.mp4" echo "input: $input" echo "output: $output" ffmpeg -t 8000 -i $input -s 720x480 -c:a copy $output