media-converter

A docker container to convert your mkv files to an mp4 format which Plex is capable of direct streaming.

How does it work?

It searches through a specified list of directories for all files ending with *.mkv and then uses the avconv tool to convert these files to the mp4 format.

How do I use this?

You should be able to run the docker container using something along the lines of:

docker run -d \
  -e "MEDIA_TVSHOWS=/tv" \
  -e "MEDIA_MOVIES=/movies" \
  -e "PLEX_URL=http://127.0.0.1:32400" \
  -e "PLEX_TOKEN=sekr3t" \
  -v "/opt/data/tv:/tv" \
  -v "/opt/data/movies:/movies" \
  quay.io/marvin/media-converter

Few things to keep in mind here:

• MEDIA_xxx environment variables: These variables should point to the mounted media directories. Supply as many you need. The entrypoint.sh script will handle iterating over each of those directories and converting those mkv files as needed.

• PLEX_URL: If you supply a plex URL, the entrypoint.sh script will take care of triggering a media refresh after each cycle. Note that you will also need a PLEX_TOKEN variable here (see Finding your account token).