yt2press/compress-videos.js

import fs from "node:fs/promises";
import path from "node:path";
import { spawn } from "node:child_process";

const INPUT_DIR = "docs/public"; // change if needed
const OUTPUT_DIR = "docs/public/videos"; // change if needed

// Pick one: VP9 is more widely supported, AV1 is smaller but slower.
const CODEC = "vp9"; // "vp9" or "av1"

const MAX_PARALLEL = 2; // limit concurrency
const AUDIO_BITRATE = "128k";

// Target-ish size approach:
// - For VP9: use -b:v (bitrate cap) for predictable sizes.
// - For AV1: use -b:v too (still more variable, but workable).
const VIDEO_BITRATE = "1.0M"; // increase/decrease based on your desired size/quality

function isVideo(file) {
  return /\.(mp4|mkv|mov|webm|avi|m4v)$/i.test(file);
}

async function walk(dir) {
  const entries = await fs.readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
  const out = [];
  for (const e of entries) {
    const p = path.join(dir, e.name);
    if (e.isDirectory()) {
    } else if (isVideo(e.name)) out.push(p);
  }
  return out;
}

function runFFmpeg(args) {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    const p = spawn("ffmpeg", args, { stdio: "inherit" });
    p.on("close", (code) =>
      code === 0 ? resolve() : reject(new Error(`ffmpeg exited ${code}`)),
    );
    p.on("error", reject);
  });
}

async function processOne(inPath) {
  const rel = path.relative(INPUT_DIR, inPath);
  const outPath = path
    .join(OUTPUT_DIR, rel)
    .replace(path.extname(rel), ".webm");
  try {
    await fs.access(outPath);
    console.log(`Already existed: ${outPath}`);
    return;
  } catch (e) {}

  await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(outPath), { recursive: true });

  if (/\.webm$/i.test(inPath)) {
    console.log(`Copying: ${inPath} -> ${outPath}`);
    await fs.copyFile(inPath, outPath);
    return;
  }

  const filter = [
    // optional: keep within reasonable resolution (prevents huge re-encodes)
    // comment out if you don't want scaling
    "scale='min(1280,iw)':-2",
  ].join(",");

  const common = [
    "-loglevel",
    "error", // or "warning"
    "-y",
    "-i",
    inPath,
    "-vf",
    filter,
    "-c:a",
    "libopus",
    "-b:a",
    AUDIO_BITRATE,
    "-movflags",
    "+faststart",
  ];

  let videoArgs;
  if (CODEC === "vp9") {
    // VP9: good size, moderate speed
    // -b:v is the easiest "size control"
    videoArgs = [
      "-c:v",
      "libvpx-vp9",
      "-b:v",
      VIDEO_BITRATE,
      "-preset",
      "good",
      "-row-mt",
      "1",
      "-threads",
      "0",
    ];
  } else if (CODEC === "av1") {
    // AV1 (libaom-av1): usually smaller, slower
    // If AV1 is too slow, switch CODEC to "vp9".
    videoArgs = [
      "-c:v",
      "libaom-av1",
      "-b:v",
      VIDEO_BITRATE,
      "-cpu-used",
      "6",
      "-threads",
      "0",
      "-row-mt",
      "1",
    ];
  } else {
    throw new Error("CODEC must be vp9 or av1");
  }

  // Ensure reproducible-ish output and speed
  const args = [...common, ...videoArgs, outPath];

  console.log(`Compressing: ${inPath} -> ${outPath}`);
  await runFFmpeg(args);
  console.log(`Finished: ${outPath}`);
}

async function runWithLimit(items, limit, fn) {
  const queue = items.slice();
  const workers = Array.from(
    { length: Math.min(limit, items.length) },
    async () => {
      while (queue.length) {
        const item = queue.shift();
        if (!item) break;
        await fn(item);
      }
    },
  );
  await Promise.all(workers);
}

const files = await walk(INPUT_DIR);
if (!files.length) {
  console.log("No videos found.");
  process.exit(0);
}

await fs.mkdir(OUTPUT_DIR, { recursive: true });

await runWithLimit(files, MAX_PARALLEL, processOne);
console.log(`Done. Wrote ${files.length} file(s) to ${OUTPUT_DIR}.`);