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OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

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Encoding Video

Installing

Install FFmpeg with homebrew. You'll need to install it with a couple flags for webm and the AAC audio codec.

brew install ffmpeg --with-libvpx --with-libvorbis --with-fdk-aac --with-opus

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// 2. Go to your Content Library > Books - https://www.amazon.fr/hz/mycd/digital-console/contentlist/booksAll/dateDsc/
// 3. Open your browser's Javascript console
// 4. For each page of books, paste this script into the console

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