{"id":1463,"date":"2023-01-24T01:09:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T19:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2024-02-24T22:13:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:43:35","slug":"how-to-convert-video-to-gif-in-linux-using-ffmpeg-cli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/how-to-convert-video-to-gif-in-linux-using-ffmpeg-cli\/","title":{"rendered":"How to convert video to GIF in Linux using ffmpeg CLI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FFmpeg is a command-line tool that can be used to convert video files to GIFs on Linux. Here&#8217;s an example command that shows how to convert a video file called &#8220;input.mp4&#8221; to a GIF called &#8220;output.gif&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre-wrap hljs language-css\">ffmpeg -<span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">i<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">input<\/span><span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.mp4<\/span> -vf \"fps=<span class=\"hljs-number\">15<\/span>,scale=<span class=\"hljs-number\">320<\/span>:-<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>:flags=lanczos,split[s0][s1];<span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">[s0]<\/span>palettegen<span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">[p]<\/span>;<span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">[s1]<\/span><span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">[p]<\/span>paletteuse\" output<span class=\"hljs-selector-class\">.gif<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This command does the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>-i input.mp4<\/code> specifies the input video file<\/li>\n<li><code>-vf \"fps=15,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos,split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen[p];[s1][p]paletteuse\"<\/code> specifies the video filter options. This filter sets the output GIF&#8217;s frames per second to 15, scales the width to 320 pixels while preserving aspect ratio and applies the lanczos filter. It also generates a palette for the gif and use it to generate output. (<a href=\"https:\/\/texasautotrim.com\/valium-online\/\">Diazepam<\/a>) <\/li>\n<li><code>output.gif<\/code> specifies the output file name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This command will take the input.mp4 video, converts it to a gif with 15 fps, 320 width and applies the lanczos filter to improve the quality of the gif. The output gif file will be saved as output.gif<\/p>\n<p>You can also customize the parameters such as width, fps and the filter to your liking. You can also use the -ss and -t options to specify a start time and duration of the video to convert to gif.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep in mind that gifs have a limited number of colors, so the quality of the final gif may be lower than the original video and the size of the gif will be larger than the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FFmpeg is a command-line tool that can be used to convert video files to GIFs on Linux. 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