isabella232 / ffmpeg-gif

shell script to convert video to high quality GIF with ffmpeg

ffmpeg-gif

A small script that converts videos to a high quality GIF, by spawning ffmpeg in two passes using palettegen filter.

Assumes ffmpeg command is globally available. Tested with ffmpeg 2.6.2.

^{The above GIF was generated with this tool}

Install

npm install ffmpeg-gif -g

Examples

# create 320w 30fps gif
ffmpeg-gif input.mov output.gif --fps=30 --scale=320:-1

# seek to 23s and make the gif 10s in length
ffmpeg-gif input.mov output.gif --seek 23 --time 10

# seek/time takes any ffmpeg duration format
ffmpeg-gif input.mov output.gif -S 00:10:00

Usage

ffmpeg-gif input output [opts]

Options:

  --fps, -f    fps, default 20
  --scale, -s  resize to width:height (optional)
  --seek, -S   seek to time, default no seek
  --time, -t   total duration, default full clip

License

MIT, see LICENSE.md for details.