diff --git a/encode.sh b/encode.sh
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+++ b/encode.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+sleep $(dc -e "$RANDOM 1000 / p")
+lockfile="/tmp/auto-encode-x264"
+if [ -f "$lockfile" ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+touch "$lockfile"
+notify() {
+    python "$script_dir/notify.py" '171327453212573696' "$1"
+}
+
+script=$1
+script_dir=$(pwd)
+base_dir=$(dirname $script)
+done_dir="/home/sftp/kaleido/auto-encode/done"
+cd "$base_dir"
+if [ ! -f 'settings' ]; then
+    notify "Could not start encode, expected file ‘settings’ in `pwd`."
+    rm "$lockfile"
+    exit 0
+fi
+settings=$(cat 'settings')
+notify "Starting encode $script."
+output_file=$(basename $script .vpy).264
+output=$( { nice -n 17 vspipe $(basename $script) -y - | x264 --demuxer y4m - $settings --output-depth 10 --threads 1 -o $output_file; } 2>&1 )
+ok=$?
+output_filtered=$( echo $output | sed -E 's/(x264)?\s?\[/\n\[/g'  | grep -v '
' )
+if [ $ok -ne 0 ]; then
+    notify "Encode $script failed"
+    notify "$output_filtered"
+    rm "$lockfile"
+    exit 0
+else
+    mv "$output_file" "$done_dir"
+    mv "$script" "$done_dir"
+    notify "$script successfully encoded."
+    notify "$output_filtered"
+fi
+rm -f "$lockfile"
+rm -f /tmp/auto-encode
diff --git a/watch.sh b/watch.sh
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+++ b/watch.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -f '/tmp/auto-encode' ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+touch /tmp/auto-encode
+
+fd .vpy$ /home/sftp/kaleido/auto-encode/queue --exec /home/kageru/auto-encode/encode.sh {}
+
+rm -f /tmp/auto-encode
+exit 0