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High quality GIF with FFmpeg

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Re: High quality GIF with FFmpeg

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Post by FranOntanaya »

ffmpeg doesn't get nearly enough credit. As long as you can grok the various settings, it makes you feel like McGyver with a paperclip. We work often with media from unusual sources, and after the first "can we do this with ffmpeg" filter there's very little left to handle.

Re: High quality GIF with FFmpeg

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Post by dangerlibrary »

ffmpeg is downright magical - just don't get caught using the one in the Ubuntu/Debian repositories. Compile your own ffmpeg if you have any need to do serious work; the Libav fork just isn't as capable. The reasons are obvious if you look into the development philosophies of the two projects.

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FFmpeg-versus-Libav

Re: High quality GIF with FFmpeg

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Post by MarcScott »

dangerlibrary wrote: post #7

ffmpeg is downright magical - just don't get caught using the one in the Ubuntu/Debian repositories. Compile your own ffmpeg if you have any need to do serious work; the Libav fork just isn't as capable. The reasons are obvious if you look into the development philosophies of the two projects. https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FFmpeg-versus-Libav

I think that ffmpeg is returning in Ubuntu 15 http://www.webupd8.org/2014/11/ffmpeg-returns-to-official-ub...

Re: High quality GIF with FFmpeg

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Post by sorenjan »

artursapek wrote: post #3

I use this shell script for generating gifs out of .mov files: https://gist.github.com/artursapek/5b3d15ecac5ff75593c4 I can probably improve it further by using some of what's in this article, but it's already faster and better than any online tool I've found.

You can pipe the frames from FFmpeg to convert to avoid temporary files. http://superuser.com/a/730389
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