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See script and documentation here: https://github.com/troyane/StackOverflow-pro/tree/master/mp42gif Script to convert MP4 file to GIF (via ffmpeg). It creates intermediate custom color palette out of input video file and use it for resulting GIF for better picture quality. For more info see https://superuser.com/a/556031
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#!/bin/bash | |
# | |
# Script to convert MP4 video to GIF with generation of custom color palette. | |
# | |
#=== Do not touch code below | |
# Inner variables | |
input_file="" | |
input_fps="20" | |
input_height="512" | |
output_file="output.gif" | |
# Great and simple idea got here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53463162/867349 | |
function cecho() { | |
RED="\033[0;31m" | |
GREEN='\033[0;32m' | |
YELLOW='\033[1;33m' | |
NC='\033[0m' # No Color | |
printf "${!1}${2} ${NC}\n" | |
} | |
function wecho() { # warning, yellow | |
cecho "YELLOW" "[WARN] ${1}" | |
} | |
function eecho() { # error, red | |
cecho "RED" "[ERROR] ${1}" | |
} | |
function iecho() { # info, green | |
cecho "GREEN" "[INFO] ${1}" | |
} | |
if ! [ -x "$(command -v ffmpeg)" ]; then | |
eecho 'Error: ffmpeg is not installed.' >&2 | |
wecho 'Install it by next command "sudo apt install ffmpeg" and run script again.' | |
wcho 'Exiting.' | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
function usage() { | |
cat <<HELP_USAGE | |
-i|--input Input MP4 file. | |
-f|--fps FPS frame per second rate as a number. Default FPS=20. | |
-h|--height Height value as a number. Script will scale input picture height to given number. | |
Default Height=512. Width will be calculated proportionally. | |
-o|--output Output GIF file. Default Name=output.gif. | |
--help Show this usage info. | |
HELP_USAGE | |
exit 1 | |
} | |
function parse_args() { | |
if [ "$#" -eq 1 ] | |
then | |
eecho "You need to specify arguments." | |
usage | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; | |
do | |
case $1 in | |
-i|--input) input_file="$2"; shift;; | |
-f|--fps) input_fps="$2"; shift;; | |
-h|--height) input_height="$2"; shift;; | |
-o|--output) output_file="$2"; shift;; | |
--help) usage ; exit 0;; | |
*) eecho "Unknown parameter passed: $1" ; usage;; | |
esac | |
shift | |
done | |
} | |
function convert() { | |
palette_file="palette.png" | |
if [ -z "$input_file" ] | |
then | |
eecho "No input file given." | |
usage | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
iecho "Create palette $palette_file out of $input_file" | |
ffmpeg -i "$input_file" \ | |
-vf fps=$input_fps,scale=$input_height:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen\ | |
$palette_file | |
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then | |
iecho "Palette created." | |
else | |
eecho "Can't continue. Exiting." | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
iecho "Create GIF file ($output_file) based on input file ($input_file) and palette ($palette_file)." | |
ffmpeg -i "$input_file" \ | |
-i $palette_file \ | |
-filter_complex "fps=$input_fps,scale=$input_height:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" \ | |
$output_file | |
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then | |
iecho "Output file created:" | |
ls -lah "$output_file" | |
else | |
eecho "Can't continue. Exiting." | |
fi | |
rm $palette_file | |
} | |
# Establish run order | |
function main() { | |
iecho "Starting..." | |
convert | |
iecho "Finished." | |
} | |
parse_args "$@" | |
main |
Thanks! Improves the gif quality highly.
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Thanks! Works perfectly!
Tip: For windows users, just open this file with notepad, edit the parameters and run it with "Git for Windows".