[offtopic] bounty for help with dialog shell script/suggestions for a bounty-site

[hannes.harald at gmx.at]

Dear Ubuntuusers,

I am looking for somebody who is willing to help me with a small dialog 
shell script. Maybe you can recommend me a site where I can offer a 
bounty for this task.

In case somebody on this list is interested in this task I append a 
description of the desired functionality of the shell script. I want to 
pay with bank transfer, paypal or the likewise. Bank transfer is 
restricted to countries whose official currency is the Euro. 
Alternatively I can donate a specified amount to your favourite software 
project or the likewise.

I need this shell script for friends who want to copy their Mini-DV 
videotapes onto their harddisk. My friends are between 60 and 70 years 
now and have difficulties with programs which offer too many functions: 
E.g dedicated video applications like kdenlive can be used to record 
videos from tape. But when you close the application a dialog box 
appears asking if you want to save the project. This confuses my friends 
as they don’t know which “project” kdenlive is talking about.
This is why I want to offer them a simple shell script which asks them 
just the necessary questions and then rewinds the tape and records the 
whole tape. The user interaction should be done with “dialog” but 
kdialog or zenity should be good as well.
I already spent some bucks on fiverr.com but the resulting script did 
not work on my ubuntu machine. The author claims it works on Debian but 
I need it to work on ubuntu, too. Maybe the script which is at the very 
end of this post only needs some small fix.
If you are interested in this task just send my an email with your 
desired remuneration.
Best regards,
harald

***** What the script should do and ask the user ********
  1  Ask the user if the video is part of a series (yes/no). #  In Case 
an event has been recorded on several tapes.
  1.1  If “yes” then ask for the number of the tape  --> $number_of_tape 
# Maybe with a radio dialog box (1-7 should be sufficient, I don’t 
remember a case in which we recorded so many tapes at once.
  2  Ask for the title of the video # Will be used as the $basename
  2.1  If the video is part of a series the filename of the recorded 
video should be something like $filename=$basename_$number_of_tape
  3  # Create a directory for the video files # Not sure if this is 
really necessary
  3.1  mkdir ${filename}'date'  # the appendix of ‘date’ is one idea to 
prevent that files are deleted because the same filename has been used. 
How series should be handles is not clear yet.
  3.2  [Optional] Ask where the video should be saved. # Offer a 
file/directory selection dialog to the user. This would be beneficial if 
other users than my friends want to use this script. For my target 
audience I want to hard code the path. $HOME/Videos .
  4  Ask for a description/keywords of the video # There some 
possibility to enter plain text should be offered. This text  should be 
saved as a textfile with the same basename as $filename. This should be 
helpful to locate the videos with a search index.
  5  format="raw"
dvgrab -buffers 200 -format $format -rewind -showstatus -srt -timestamp 
"${filename}" # rewind the tape and start the recording.
  6  Dialog prompt that the recording is complete.
  6.1  If the recording was part of a series, ask to insert the next 
tape, or offer a “Finished” button.

I am unsure if the script should be based on the dialog utility or 
should rather use something graphical like zenity or kdialog. Kdialog 
although it is a QT-application has a very similar syntax to dialog.

***** Here some links to dialog tutorials: *******
http://www.cc-c.de/german/linux/linux-dialog.php
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2460
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2807
http://bash.cyberciti.biz/guide/Bash_display_dialog_boxes

********** the dvgrab script as I received it by another author ********
The error message "Injection Detected, Restarting..." could not be 
resolved by the original author.


#!/bin/bash
#DVGrab Utility
#Version 1.0.2
#Initialize System
exportdir="/home/$HOME/Videos"
tempdir="$exportdir/temp"
extension=".dv"
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --msgbox "Welcome to DVGrab, press 
enter to continue." 9 20
continue=0
while [ $continue = 0 ]; do
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --yesno "Is the current media a 
part of a series?" 9 20 2>$tempdir/_1.txt
series=$(cat _1.txt)
continue=0
case $series in
yes)
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --textbox "What is the Video 
Number?" 9 20 2>$tempdir/_2.txt
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --textbox "What is the name of the 
film?" 9 20 2>$tempdir/_3.txt
#check if Video Directory Exists
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --textbox "Is there any keywords 
you'd like to add to this film? (Please separate with comma)" 9 20 
2>$tempdir/_4.txt
#register Variables
vidnum=$(cat $tempdir/_2.txt)
videoname=$(cat $tempdir/_3.txt)
viddesc=$(cat $tempdir_4.txt)

if [ -d "$exportdir/$videoname/" ]; then
seriesexists="yes"
else
seriesexists="no"
fi
if [ -e $exportdir/$videoname/${videoname}_${vidnum}${extension} ]; then
	echo "Video Already Exists."
	rm $tempdir/_2.txt
	rm $tempdir/_3.txt
	rm $tempdir/_4.txt
	rm $tempdir/_1.txt
	dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --infobox "Video Already Exists" 
9 20
	dialog --clear
	continue=0
else #
#Finish Registering Variables
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --infobox "Ready To Start 
Capturing with following settings: Video Number: $vidnum , Video Name: 
$videoname , Series exists: $seriesexists" 9 20
sleep 1
if [ $seriesexists == "yes" ]; then
pushd $exportdir/$videoname/
else #
mkdir $exportdir/$videoname/
fi ##
filename=${videoename}_${vidnum}${extension}
echo "$viddesc" > $exportdir/$videoname/${videoname}_${vidnum}.txt
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --infobox "Processing Video....." 
9 20
format="raw"
echo 'dvgrab -buffers 200 -format $format -rewind -showstatus -srt 
-timestamp "${filename}'
continue=1
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --infobox "Done Capturing Video" 9 20
rm $tempdir/_1.txt
rm $tempdir/_2.txt
rm $tempdir/_3.txt
rm $tempdir/_4.txt
dialog --clear
echo "Finished"
fi ##
;;
no)
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --textbox "What is the name of the 
film?" 9 20 2>$tempdir/_3.txt
#check if Video Directory Exists
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --textbox "Is there any keywords 
you'd like to add to this film? (Please seperate with comma)" 9 20 
2>$tempdir/_4.txt
videoname=$(cat $tempdir/_3.txt)
viddesc=$(cat $tempdir_4.txt)
if [ -d "$exportdir/$videoname/" ]; then
seriesexists="yes"
else
seriesexists="no"
fi
if [ -e $exportdir/$videoname/${videoname}${extension} ]; then
	echo "Video Already Exists."
	rm $tempdir/_2.txt
	rm $tempdir/_3.txt
	rm $tempdir/_1.txt
	continue=0
	dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --msgbox "Video Already Exists" 9 20
	dialog --clear
else
#Finish Registering Variables
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --infobox "Ready To Start 
Capturing with following settings: Video Name: $videoname" 9 20
sleep 1
if [ $seriesexists == "yes" ]; then
pushd $exportdir/$videoname/
else
mkdir $exportdir/$videoname/
fi
filename=${videoename}${extension}
echo "$viddesc" > $exportdir/$videoname/${videoname}_.txt
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --infobox "Processing Video....." 
9 20
format="raw"
echo 'dvgrab -buffers 200 -format $format -rewind -showstatus -srt 
-timestamp "${filename}"'
continue=1
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --msgbox "Done Capturing Video" 9 20
rm $tempdir/_1.txt
rm $tempdir/_2.txt
rm $tempdir/_3.txt
dialog --clear
contiue=1
echo "Finished"
fi

;;
*)
dialog --title "DVGrab Video Capture" --msgbox "Injection Detected, 
Restarting...." 9 20
dialog --clear
continue=0
rm $tempdir/_1.txt
;;
esac
done
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