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+# Processing Scripts
+
+A collection of personal command-line utilities.
+Mostly for processing, organizing, and managing (media) files.
+While created for my own use, they are shared here in case others find them useful.
+
+## Scripts
+
+- **av1**: (DEPRECATED - use vcmp instead) Recursively compresses video files to AV1/MP4 format with reduced quality/size
+- **indeel**: File organization tool that watches a directory and sorts incoming files based on content hashes
+- **mover**: Monitors a source directory and moves files with specified extensions to a destination directory
+- **pushover**: Sends push notifications via Pushover API
+- **vc**: Video converter using ffmpeg and youtube-dl for local files or YouTube URLs
+- **vcmp**: Advanced video compression utility with progress tracking and logging
+
+## Installation
+
+1. Configure environment variables:
+```bash
+cp example.env .env
+```
+
+2. Add the scripts to your PATH and load environment variables by adding this line to your shell's RC file (~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, etc.):
+```bash
+source /path/to/repo/scripts/install.sh
+```
+
+## Requirements
+
+- ffmpeg
+- imagemagick
+- youtube-dl
+- pushover API tokens
+- Whatever the relevant script errors about
+
+## Usage
+
+Each script includes help documentation accessible via `-h` or `--help` flag. See individual script headers for detailed usage instructions.
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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+++ b/install.sh
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 #!/bin/bash
-# This script adds the bin directory to PATH
+# This script adds the bin directory to PATH and loads environment variables from .env
 #
 # Usage:
 #   Source this script in your rc:
 #   source /path/to/here/install.sh
 
-SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
 BIN_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/bin"
+ENV_FILE="$SCRIPT_DIR/.env"
 
 if [ -d "$BIN_DIR" ] && [[ ":$PATH:" != *":$BIN_DIR:"* ]]; then
     export PATH="$PATH:$BIN_DIR"
 fi
+
+if [ -f "$ENV_FILE" ]; then
+    while IFS='=' read -r key value; do
+        if [ -n "$key" ] && [ -n "$value" ] && [[ ! "$key" =~ ^# ]]; then
+            export "$key=$value"
+        fi
+    done < "$ENV_FILE"
+fi