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Create animated GIF and WebP from videos using FFmpeg

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Re: Create animated GIF and WebP from videos using FFmpeg

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Post by devadvance »

jonplackett wrote: post #2

I switched to ffmpegging my gifs a year ago and haven't looked back. It's a bit annoying to begin with but now so much easier than using some 3rd rate program or having to upload everything to EZGif. It's worth the pain!

Author here. This is the same journey I went through and I 100% agree! It can be intimidating at first, but FFmpeg is a a worthwhile utility to begin learning.

I've also added some shell functions[0] to my dotfiles to make it a bit easier to use when switching between several different machines.

[0] https://gist.github.com/devadvance/03d3c8f57b3e0254fb989e946...

Re: Create animated GIF and WebP from videos using FFmpeg

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Post by canada_dry »

Handy guide, thx!

A bit overkill but, a gui to hand-hold old folks like me would handy. Perhaps an addin for blender could work - since it's video handling chops are growing bigger every day?

> I'm an engineering manager at Google Stadia

That's gotta be an interesting gig!

Re: Create animated GIF and WebP from videos using FFmpeg

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Post by nicbou »

Perhaps it's time to start a collection of ffmpeg commands for every situation, similar to bro pages [1]. I feel like I have to look at my old projects every time I need to use it. It took me a lot of trial and error to write an all-purpose ffmpeg command.

This is how I convert videos to 720p web-playable videos (if it's not already web-playable):

https://github.com/nicbou/homeserver/blob/22c0a160f9df5f4c34...

This is how I create hover previews like on modern streaming sites:

https://github.com/nicbou/timeline/blob/9d9340930ed0213dffdd...

[1] http://bropages.org/tar

Re: Create animated GIF and WebP from videos using FFmpeg

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Post by panabee »

nicbou wrote: post #7

Perhaps it's time to start a collection of ffmpeg commands for every situation, similar to bro pages [1]. I feel like I have to look at my old projects every time I need to use it. It took me a lot of trial and error to write an all-purpose ffmpeg command. This is how I convert videos to 720p web-playable videos (if it's not already web-playable): https://github.com/nicbou/homeserver/blob/22c0a160f9df5f4c34... This i…

this is a wonderful idea. we launched a repo here to do exactly this; we'll update the repo over time as we collect commands.

https://github.com/HotpotDesign/FFMpeg-Online

could we list and credit your commands?

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