SheldonWangRJT/Convert .mov or .MP4 to .gif.md

Updated the format of the doc to be mark down for easier reading. thanks for the support guys.

And with alias:

alias video_to_gif='function video_to_gif(){ ffmpeg -i $1 output.gif && gifsicle -O3 output.gif -o output.gif && say "Video is ready!"};video_to_gif'

And just type video_to_gif cat.mov

And with alias:

alias video_to_gif='function video_to_gif(){ ffmpeg -i $1 output.gif && gifsicle -O3 output.gif -o output.gif && say "Video is ready!"};video_to_gif'

And just type video_to_gif cat.mov

👍

Updated the alias a bit instead of using the speakers, it displays a native macOS notification:

alias video_to_gif='function video_to_gif(){ ffmpeg -i "$1" "${1%.*}.gif" && gifsicle -O3 "${1%.*}.gif" -o "${1%.*}.gif" && osascript -e "display notification \"${1%.*}.gif successfully converted and saved\" with title \"MOV2GIF SUCCESS!\""};video_to_gif'

Also another example where you can specify the input and output in case you want to rename the file:

alias rename_video_to_gif='function rename_video_to_gif(){ ffmpeg -i $1 $2.gif && gifsicle -O3 $2.gif -o $2.gif && osascript -e "display notification \"$2.gif successfully converted and saved\" with title \"MOV2GIF SUCCESS!\""};rename_video_to_gif'

and you can use that with: rename_video_to_gif cat.mov my-new-file-name

Any idea why this alias does not work for me?

alias v2g='function v2g(){ ffmpeg -i $1 -pix_fmt rgb8 -r 10 -s 640x360 $2 && gifsicle -O3 $2 -o $2};v2g'

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v2g tr.mov tr.gif

@arikanev Try this one:

alias video_to_gif='function video_to_gif(){ ffmpeg -i $1 $2 && gifsicle -O3 $2 -o $2 && say "Video is ready!"};video_to_gif'

# And now you can do this:
video_to_gif video.mov output2.gif

1. thank you so much for this, this is super useful.
2. You don't need to define a function inside an alias... you can simply just define the function once in bash.

function video_to_gif() {
  ffmpeg -i "$1" "$2" ... etc
}

# call it like normal
video_to_gif video.mov output.gif

Lovely gist, very helpful. I've taken your ideas and wrapped them into a function for me to use as such:

function v2g() {
    src="" # required
    target="" # optional (defaults to source file name)
    resolution="" # optional (defaults to source video resolution)
    fps=10 # optional (defaults to 10 fps -- helps drop frames)

    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
        if [[ $1 == *"--"* ]]; then
                param="${1/--/}"
                declare $param="$2"
        fi
        shift
    done

    if [[ -z $src ]]; then
        echo -e "\nPlease call 'v2g --src <source video file>' to run this command\n"
        return 1
    fi

    if [[ -z $target ]]; then
        target=$src
    fi

    basename=${target%.*}
    [[ ${#basename} = 0 ]] && basename=$target
    target="$basename.gif"

    if [[ -n $fps ]]; then
        fps="-r $fps"
    fi

    if [[ -n $resolution ]]; then
        resolution="-s $resolution"
    fi

    echo "ffmpeg -i "$src" -pix_fmt rgb8 $fps $resolution "$target" && gifsicle -O3 "$target" -o "$target""
    ffmpeg -i "$src" -pix_fmt rgb8 $fps $resolution "$target" && gifsicle -O3 "$target" -o "$target"
    osascript -e "display notification \"$target successfully converted and saved\" with title \"v2g complete\""
}

# call it as such
# v2g --src orig.mp4 --target newname --resolution 800x400 --fps 30

Thanks for the function @mcmoe! But maybe return 1 would be safer than exit 1 in a function. My whole shell exited the first time I ran v2g without arguments.

Ah, a return would be much better indeed @seanf 👍
I've updated that in my fork: https://gist.github.com/mcmoe/c76895ee86bd5293d58aca7a75afb6b2 and in my comment above

Here is a simple shell function I wrote encapsulating this:

,to-gif() {
    # Based on https://gist.github.com/SheldonWangRJT/8d3f44a35c8d1386a396b9b49b43c385
    output_file="$1.gif"

    ffmpeg -i $1 -pix_fmt rgb8 -r 10 $output_file && gifsicle -O3 $output_file -o $output_file
}

@mcmoe's function has way more options, and is probably better if you care more about your results than I 😅

Thanks! To be honest, I'm way more comfortable with the terminal than with GUIs, so this is greatly appreciated 😊

Update on @Vages to mute console and downscale by 50% for propersize with retina on macOS

gif() {
    # Based on https://gist.github.com/SheldonWangRJT/8d3f44a35c8d1386a396b9b49b43c385
    output_file="$1.gif"
    ffmpeg -y -i $1 -v quiet -vf scale=iw/2:ih/2 -pix_fmt rgb8 -r 10 $output_file && gifsicle -O3 $output_file -o $output_file
}

very handy, thanks!

Glad I came across this via ddg search. Thanks for sharing. Worked for me perfectly.

Yea this is awesome, thank you.

Update on @Vages to mute console and downscale by 50% for propersize with retina on macOS

gif() {
    # Based on https://gist.github.com/SheldonWangRJT/8d3f44a35c8d1386a396b9b49b43c385
    output_file="$1.gif"
    ffmpeg -y -i $1 -v quiet -vf scale=iw/2:ih/2 -pix_fmt rgb8 -r 10 $output_file && gifsicle -O3 $output_file -o $output_file
}

I got a bit annoyed by Screen Recording YYYY-MM-DD… and superflous extensions, so I've added some extension stripping (far from perfect, but YOLO) and some quoting

v2gif() {
    # Based on https://gist.github.com/SheldonWangRJT/8d3f44a35c8d1386a396b9b49b43c385
    output_file="${1%.*}.gif"
    ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -v quiet -vf scale=iw/2:ih/2 -pix_fmt rgb8 -r 10 "$output_file" && gifsicle -O3 "$output_file" -o "$output_file"
}

Great work! Thank you very much! @SheldonWangRJT

yay

super handy! thank you!

Just added this to my .zshrc file. It works great with my workflow in ObsidianMD! Thank youu