search (output ) if matches:Ĭlip_length = int (matches. (filename, split_length ) = parse_options ( ) if split_length &1 | grep 'Duration'' , # Original version can be found at Antarctic Nest of Icephoenix at: # -equal-chunks-with-ffmpeg-and-python/ #!/usr/bin/env python import subprocess import re import math from optparse import OptionParser # Copyright (C) Wizardry and Steamworks 2014 - License: GNU GPLv3 # Please see: for legal details, # rights of fair usage, the disclaimer and warranty conditions. Where N represents the number of seconds that each segment will have. Then, clips can be split using the command: To use, save the file as ffmpeg-split.py and then run: To convert a video file video.mov to an animated gif with 5 frames per second and sized to 450 by (whatever height is proportionally correct for that x value) ffmpeg -i video.mov -vf fps=5,scale=450:-1 animated.gifįfmpeg will detect your movie type so you should be able to use ‘.mpg’, ‘.mp4’ without changing the command.The following code is an adaptation from Antarctic Nest of Icephoenix and will split clips into equal segments of a given size. And we don’t need 30 or 60 frames per second in the gif, usually we can get away with about 5, and sometimes as low as 1 or 2.Īll of this helps keep the file size lower. Instead, we want to control the x and y dimensions to make it easier to re-use on the web. The simplest command to create an animated gif would be: ffmpeg -i video.mov animated.gifīut this will create a gif file with the same dimensions as the movie and will convert every frame of video, so it might actually end up larger file size than the movie.

Since I created a video, I thought I’d try and figure out how to use ffmpeg to convert the video to an animated gif. I’ve used ScreenToGif and CloudApp to create animated gifs in the past. I decided to look at ffmpeg and see if it can create animated gifs, and it can.

I recorded a video, and thought it would be easier to upload as an animated gif.

Ffmpeg crop gif