Problem: "Transcoding to mkv with ffmpeg" command syntax error when file name has parentheses

[uofmsean]

Expected behaviour Normalization command "Transcoding to mkv with ffmpeg" should work for files with parentheses in the file name. Command UUID is 2d991241-e352-4a77-b104-e7e82fb119c4

Current behaviour Bash shell syntax error with the parentheses because ${outputFile} is not properly quoted like ${inputFile}.

Steps to reproduce Start with mp4 file with parentheses in the file name and normalize for preservation. Example file name: UA_9_People_You_Will_Meet_at_the_Library_(unknown_Accession).mp4

Your environment (version of Archivematica, OS version, etc) Archivematica 1.9.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.6 (Maipo)

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[ablwr]

Nice catch!

[ablwr]

In general I'd like to update this entire script to be more plain, like the mp4 access creation script, and follow some of the patterns as generally recommended/vetted by expert preservationists: https://amiaopensource.github.io/ffmprovisr/#create_FFV1_mkv

I'll have to see if there's any limitations given the OSes Archivematica work on are using not-the-most-recent FFmpeg. (Xenial/Bionic are something like 3.3, with CentOS dragging, as usual, at 2.8)