Ffmpeg: unable to pass filename correctly with colon in it

Question

If I try to use the command in the script directly from the command line on a filename with a colon in it, there are no problems; however, if I try to use the script to do it the filename isn't being read correctly.  ffmpeg is throwing at me:
/run/media/todd/PSP/VIDEO/Taylor Wilson: 2012-480p-PSP.mp4: Invalid argument
In the script recently I had to add IFS so that filenames with spaces were handling correctly.  I know that bash can use the ":" as a command (forget which) so I'm figuring it's being interpreted as such.  Is IFS doing this... what do I need to do?  Here's the script:
#!/bin/bash
# To handle spaces in filenames correctly
SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
# Convert, save to PSP video directory
# Xvid version
for v in "$@"; do ffmpeg -i "$v" -b:v 512k -s 320x240 -vcodec libxvid -ab 64k -ar 24000 -strict -2 $vid_dir/${v%.*}-PSP.mp4; done
IFS=$SAVEIFS
Last edited by Gen2ly (2012-05-21 01:59:49)

Answer 1

Ok, I spoke too soon .  This has turned out to be a problem with the path.  When I used the above command successfully I was testing it with home "vid_dir=~/" and the path and filename got accepted correctly.  However, when I changed it back to:
vid_dir=/run/media/todd/PSP/VIDEO
I'm getting the:
/run/media/todd/PSP/VIDEO/Sex Determination: More Complicated Than You Thought-PSP.mp4: Invalid argument
Anybody have any thoughts?