ffmpeg

Tutorials

• OS X Screencast to animated GIF · GitHub

How to convert any video to gif using ffmpeg

To convert any file to a GIF using FFmpeg, you can follow these steps:

1. Install FFmpeg: Ensure you have FFmpeg installed on your system. You can check if it’s installed by running ffmpeg -version.
2. Create a Custom Palette: Generate a custom palette of 256 colors specific to your video file using the following command:

ffmpeg -ss 00:01:30 -t 5 -i video.mkv -filter_complex "[0:v] palettegen" palette.png

• -ss: Sets the starting point of the video.
• -t: Sets the duration (e.g., 5 seconds).
• -i: Specifies the input video file.

3. Create the GIF: Use the custom palette to create the GIF with this command:

ffmpeg -ss 00:01:30 -t 5 -i video.mkv -i palette.png -filter_complex "[0:v] fps=10,scale=720:-1 [new];[new][1:v] paletteuse" output.gif

• fps: Specifies the frame rate of the output GIF.
• scale: Resizes the video while maintaining aspect ratio.
• paletteuse: Applies the custom palette to generate the GIF.

Further Reading

• How to Make a GIF from a Video Using FFmpeg - Bannerbear
• How to Convert Videos to GIFs Using FFmpeg | Baeldung on Linux