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BrianDMG / conv2mp4

This Powershell script will recursively search through a user-defined file path and convert all videos of user-specified file types to MP4 with H264 video and AAC audio using ffmpeg. The purpose of this script is to reduce transcoding CPU load on a media server like Plex or Emby and increase video compatibility across platforms.
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Script is already running in another instance. Waiting... #41

Closed LilChippyD closed 4 years ago

LilChippyD commented 5 years ago

"Created a backup of C:\Users\User\Desktop\conv2mp4-ps-3.1.2\cfg_conv2mp4-ps.ps1 Script is already running in another instance. Waiting..."

Hey, I got this working perfectly last night then Windows upgraded to 1903 overnight. Not sure if previous script finished or not but now I'm left with this when starting the script.

BrianDMG commented 4 years ago

Assuming you've already got this figured out due to how long ago you posted this, but this can happen if the script is forcibly closed while executing. When the script starts executing, it creates a lock file (conv2mp4-ps.lock) in the directory the script is in. While that lock file exists, no new instances of the script can execute (this saves your CPU from getting bogged down with multiple intensive ffmpeg instances). Deleting the lock file will allow the script to execute once again.