old_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  
  import os, sys, string
  import logging
  
  class Logger:
      """A logging object"""
  
      def __init__(self, file):
          self.logger = logging.getLogger('myapp')
          self.hdlr = logging.FileHandler(file)
          self.formatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
          self.hdlr.setFormatter(self.formatter)
          self.logger.addHandler(self.hdlr)
          self.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
  
  log_file = 'transcoding.log'
  logger = Logger(log_file)
  root_dir = sys.argv[-1]
  args = sys.argv[1:-1]
  source_format = 'webm'
  done = []
  ffmpeg_args = {'mp3' : ' -vn -acodec libmp3lame -aq 6 -ac 1 ',
                 'ogg' : ' -vn -acodec copy ',
                 'mp4' : ' -vcodec libx264 -r 24 -b 512k -threads 6 -acodec libfaac -ar 48000 -ab 96k -ac 1 ',
                }
  
  if os.path.exists(log_file):
      f = open(log_file, 'r')
      for line in f.readlines():
          done.append(line[:-1])
      f.close()
  
  for root, dirs, files in os.walk(root_dir):
      for file in files:
          path = os.path.abspath(root + os.sep + file)
          name, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
          if ext[1:] == source_format:
              for format in ffmpeg_args.keys():
                  dest = os.path.abspath(root + os.sep + name + '.' + format)
                  if not dest in done or '--force' in args:
                      command = 'ffmpeg -i ' + path + ffmpeg_args[format] + ' -y ' + dest
                      os.system(command)
                      logger.logger.info(dest)
  
  print "DONE!"
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  
  import os, sys, string
  import logging
  
  class Logger:
      """A logging object"""
  
      def __init__(self, file):
          self.logger = logging.getLogger('myapp')
          self.hdlr = logging.FileHandler(file)
          self.formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(message)s')
          self.hdlr.setFormatter(self.formatter)
          self.logger.addHandler(self.hdlr)
          self.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
  
  log_file = 'transcoding.log'
  logger = Logger(log_file)
  root_dir = sys.argv[-1]
  args = sys.argv[1:-1]
  source_format = 'webm'
  done = []
  ffmpeg_args = {'mp3' : ' -vn -acodec libmp3lame -aq 6 -ac 1 ',
                 'ogg' : ' -vn -acodec copy ',
                 'mp4' : ' -vcodec libx264 -r 24 -b 512k -threads 6 -acodec libfaac -ar 48000 -ab 96k -ac 1 ',
                }
  
  if os.path.exists(log_file):
      f = open(log_file, 'r')
      for line in f.readlines():
          done.append(line[:-1])
      f.close()
  
  for root, dirs, files in os.walk(root_dir):
      for file in files:
          path = os.path.abspath(root + os.sep + file)
          name, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
          if ext[1:] == source_format:
              for format in ffmpeg_args.keys():
                  dest = os.path.abspath(root + os.sep + name + '.' + format)
                  if not dest in done or '--force' in args:
                      command = 'ffmpeg -i ' + path + ffmpeg_args[format] + ' -y ' + dest
                      os.system(command)
                      logger.logger.info(dest)
  
  print "DONE!"
  
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