Plex-Codec-Compatibility-Script

1. Download Prerequisites: MKVToolNix (https://mkvtoolnix.download/downloads.html#windows) and ffmpeg (https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases)
2. Install MKVToolNix first (Follow the normal installation process.)
3. Add the 2 following directories in your "User" and "System" PATH variables by going to "View Advanced System Settings" and selecting "Environment Variables" (Win10) a. "C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix" b. "C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix\tools"
4. Place the "ffmpeg.exe" in the "tools" directory for MKVToolNix (i.e: C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix\tools\ffmpeg.exe)
5. Create a new directory in: "C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix" called: "Custom Scripts" (i.e: C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix\Custom Scripts)
6. Place the Powershell .ps1 script file in the "Custom Scripts" directory you just created.
7. Modify the Powershell File (.ps1) with your movie/plex media directory location to check and convert.
8. Place all the relevant .bat files in the same directory. (i.e: C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix\Custom Scripts)
9. Import the .xml Task into Task scheduler and adjust as desired.
10. Profit? -Every night it will now check any media downloaded that day in the off hours and convert/reorder incompatible codecs (DTS and TrueHD) and remove subtitles and remove commentary tracks or extra languages, etc.