videogif.sh

A simple shell script to convert videos to animated gifs with an optimized color palette (using ffmpeg).

Usage examples

same size and FPS as the source video:

videogif.sh kitten.mp4 kitten.gif

240px width, same FPS as the source video:

videogif.sh kitten.mp4 kitten.gif 240

240px width, 15 FPS:

videogif.sh kitten.mp4 kitten.gif 240 15

output to stdout for use with additional tools:

videogif kitten.mp4 /dev/stdout | gifsicle -O9 -o kitten.gif