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+import sys
+import os
+import ConfigParser
+import logging
+
+from nzbToMediaEnv import *
+from nzbToMediaSceneExceptions import process_all_exceptions
+
+Logger = logging.getLogger()
+
+def Transcode_file(filePath):
+    config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+    configFilename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), "autoProcessMedia.cfg")
+    Logger.info("Loading config from %s", configFilename)
+
+    if not os.path.isfile(configFilename):
+        Logger.error("You need an autoProcessMedia.cfg file - did you rename and edit the .sample?")
+        return 1 # failure
+
+    config.read(configFilename)
+    
+    duplicate = config.get("Transcoder", "duplicate")
+    outputVideoExtension = config.get("Transcoder", "outputVideoExtension")
+    outputVideoCodec = config.get("Transcoder", "outputVideoCodec")
+    outputVideoFramrate = config.get("Transcoder", "outputVideoFramrate")
+    outputVideoBitrate = config.get("Transcoder", "outputVideoBitrate")
+    outputAudioCodec = config.get("Transcoder", "outputAudioCodec")
+    outputAudioBitrate = config.get("Transcoder", "outputAudioBitrate")
+    
+    name, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
+    newfilePath = os.path.normpath(name + outputVideoExtension)
+    #ffmpeg = os.path.join(os.path.join(os.path.normpath(sys.argv[0]), ffmpeg), ffmpeg) #if not in path... got to figure out where this goes.
+    command = ['ffmpeg', '-i', filePath]
+    if outputVideoCodec:
+        command.append('-c:v')
+        command.append(outputVideoCodec)
+    if outputVideoFramrate:
+        command.append('-r')
+        command.append(outputVideoFramerate)
+    if outputVideoBitrate:
+        command.append('-b:v')
+        command.append(outputVideoBitrate)
+    if outputAudioCodec:
+        command.append('-c:a')
+        command.append(outputAudioCodec)
+    if outputAudioBitrate:
+        command.append('-b:a')
+        command.append(outputAudioBitrate)
+    command.append(newfilePath)
+
+    Logger.info("Transcoding video %s to %s", filePath, newfilePath)
+    try:
+        result = call(command)
+    except e:
+        Logger.error("Transcoding of video %s failed due to: ", filePath, str(e))
+    if result == 0:
+        Logger.info("Transcoding of video %s to %s succeded", filePath, newfilePath)
+        if duplicate == 0: # we get rid of the original file
+            os.unlink(filePath)
+    else:
+        Logger.error("Transcoding of video %s to %s failed", filePath, newfilePath)
+    return result
+    
+
+        
+