+# usage ffconcat FILES_TO_CONCAT OUTPUT_FILE
+ffconcat() {
+ local tmpf
+ tmpf=$(mktemp)
+ printf "file '%s'\n" "$1" >$tmpf
+ while (( $# > 1 )); do
+ shift
+ printf "file '%s'\n" "$1" >>$tmpf
+ done
+ # https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate
+ ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i $tmpf -c copy "$1"
+ rm $tmpf
+}
+ffremux() {
+ local tmpf tmpd
+ if (( $# == 0 )); then
+ echo ffremux error expected args >&2
+ return 1
+ fi
+ tmpd="$(mktemp -d)"
+ for f; do
+ tmpf=$tmpd/"${f##*/}"
+ ffmpeg -i "$f" -c:v copy -c:a copy $tmpf
+ cat $tmpf >"$f"
+ done
+ rm -r $tmpd
+}
+
+
+
+# absolute path of file/dir without resolving symlinks.
+#
+# Most of the time, I want this where I would normally use readlink.
+# This is what realpath -s does in most cases, but sometimes it
+# actually resolves symlinks, at least when they are in /.
+#
+# Note, if run on a dir, if the final component is relative, it won't
+# resolve that. Use the below fpd for that.
+#
+# note: we could make a variation of this which
+# assigns to a variable name using eval, so that we don't have to do
+# x=$(fp somepath), which might save subshell overhead and look nice,
+# but I'm not going to bother.