cite about-plugin about-plugin 'video to gif helper functions' # From https://gist.github.com/SlexAxton/4989674#comment-1199058 # Renamed gifify to v2gif to go avoid clobbering https://github.com/jclem/gifify # Requirements (Mac OS X using Homebrew): brew install ffmpeg giflossy imagemagick # Requirements on Ubuntu: sudo apt install ffmpeg imagemagick ; plus install https://github.com/pornel/giflossy # Optional: install mediainfo for autodetection of original video FPS. # Optional: if lossy is not important, Ubuntu has gifsicle packaged for apt-get, instead of giflossy # Optional: gifski (from `brew install gifski` or github.com/ImageOptim/gifski) # for high quality huge files. function v2gif { about 'Converts a .mov/.avi/.mp4 file into an into an animated GIF.' group 'gif' param '1: MOV/AVI/MP4 file name(s)' param '2: -w ; Optional: max width in pixels' param '3: -l ; Optional: extra lossy level for smaller files (80-200 make sense, needs giflossy instead of gifsicle)' param '4: -h ; Optional: high quality using gifski (installed seperately) - overrides "--lossy" above!' param '5: -d ; Optional: delete the original video file if succeeded' param '6: -t ; Optional: Tag the result with quality stamp for comparison use' param '7: -f ; Optional: Change number of frames per second (default 10 or original FPS if mediainfo installed)' param '8: -a ; Optional: Alert if resulting file is over kilobytes (default is 5000, 0 turns off)' example '$ v2gif foo.mov' example '$ v2gif foo.mov -w 600' example '$ v2gif -l 100 -d *.mp4' example '$ v2gif -dh *.avi' example '$ v2gif -thw 600 *.avi *.mov' # Parse the options local args=$(getopt -l "alert:" -l "lossy:" -l "width:" -l del,delete -l high -l tag -l "fps:" -o "a:l:w:f:dht" -- "$@") local use_gifski="" local del_after="" local maxsize="" local lossiness="" local maxwidthski="" local giftagopt="" local giftag="" local defaultfps=10 local infps="" local fps="" local alert=5000 eval set -- "$args" while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do case "$1" in --) # No more options left. shift break ;; -d|--del|--delete) # Delete after del_after="true" shift ;; -h|--high) #High Quality, use gifski use_gifski=true giftag="${giftag}-h" shift ;; -w|--width) maxsize="-vf scale=$2:-1" maxwidthski="-W $2" giftag="${giftag}-w$2" shift 2 ;; -t|--tag) # mark with a quality tag giftagopt="true" shift ;; -l|--lossy) # Use giflossy parameter lossiness="--lossy=$2" giftag="${giftag}-l$2" shift 2 ;; -f|--fps) # select fps infps="$2" giftag="${giftag}-f$2" shift 2 ;; -a|--alert) # set size alert alert="$2" shift 2 ;; esac done # Done Parsing, all that's left are the filenames local movies="$*" if [[ -z "$movies" ]]; then echo "$(tput setaf 1)No input files given. Example: v2gif file [file...] [-w ] [-l ] < $(tput sgr 0)" return 1 fi # Prepare the quality tag if requested. [[ -z "$giftag" ]] && giftag="-default" [[ -z "$giftagopt" ]] && giftag="" for file in $movies ; do local output_file="${file%.*}${giftag}.gif" # Set FPS to match the video if possible, otherwise fallback to default. if [[ "$infps" ]] ; then fps=$infps else fps=$defaultfps if [[ -x /usr/bin/mediainfo ]] ; then if /usr/bin/mediainfo "$file" | grep -q "Frame rate mode *: Variable" ; then fps=$(/usr/bin/mediainfo "$file" | grep "Minimum frame rate" |sed 's/.*: \([0-9.]\+\) .*/\1/' | head -1) else fps=$(/usr/bin/mediainfo "$file" | grep "Frame rate " |sed 's/.*: \([0-9.]\+\) .*/\1/' | head -1) fi fi fi echo "$(tput setaf 2)Creating '$output_file' at $fps FPS ...$(tput sgr 0)" if [[ "$use_gifski" = "true" ]] ; then # I trust @pornel to do his own resizing optimization choices ffmpeg -loglevel panic -i "$file" -r $fps -vcodec png v2gif-tmp-%05d.png && \ gifski $maxwidthski --fps $(printf "%.0f" $fps) -o "$output_file" v2gif-tmp-*.png || return 2 else ffmpeg -loglevel panic -i "$file" $maxsize -r $fps -vcodec png v2gif-tmp-%05d.png && \ convert +dither -layers Optimize v2gif-tmp-*.png GIF:- | \ gifsicle $lossiness --no-warnings --colors 256 --delay=$(echo "100/$fps"|bc) --loop --optimize=3 --multifile - > "$output_file" || return 2 fi rm v2gif-tmp-*.png # Checking if the file is bigger than Twitter likes and warn if [[ $alert -gt 0 ]] ; then local out_size=$(wc --bytes < "$output_file") if [[ $out_size -gt $(( alert * 1000 )) ]] ; then echo "$(tput setaf 3)Warning: '$output_file' is $((out_size/1000))kb, keeping '$file' even if --del requested.$(tput sgr 0)" del_after="" fi fi [[ "$del_after" = "true" ]] && rm "$file" done echo "$(tput setaf 2)Done.$(tput sgr 0)" }