astronomersiva / gifvid

Converts a GIF to an MP4 using ffmpeg

gifvid

Converts a GIF to an MP4 using ffmpeg.

Based on the blog Replace Animated GIFs with Video by Jeremy Wagner.

Why?

Because the command given in the blog produces a video that is not supported by Safari and Firefox. The right command is long and needs an alias to be set up unless you have genius level memory.

Installation

• Install ffmpeg(brew install ffmpeg on macOS).
• Clone the repo.
• Run chmod +x gifvid.
• Copy this to the bin path by running cp gifvid /usr/bin. Use sudo if needed.

Usage

gifvid source

source is mandatory. The converted video will be written to source.mp4.

CLI Flags

-s --src - Specify the source.

-d --dest - Specify the destination. Will be source.mp4 if not given.

-c --crf - Constant Rate Factor. Defaults to 25. Lower the number, higher the quality and file size.