UPDATED 8-10-10: This script has been superceeded by its newer version at http://www.surlyjake.com/blog/2010/08/10/script-to-run-handbrake-recursively-through-a-folder-tree/. The new version features all of the previous features, but can also traverse recursively through a folder structure.

{% codeblock handbrake.sh %}

!/bin/bash

if [ -z "$1" ] ; then TRANSCODEDIR="." else TRANSCODEDIR="$1" fi for file in "$TRANSCODEDIR"/* do HandBrakeCLI -i "${file}" -o "${file}.mp4" --preset="iPhone & iPod Touch""" done

Save that into a .sh file like "handbrakefolder.sh"