Python script to convert a video into a GIF

video-to-gif.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# python -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/choffmeister/d0caa672d389a05952a44528158ecfd6/raw/video-to-gif.py)" --width=720 --fps=1 video.mov

import argparse
import os
import re
import subprocess
from datetime import datetime

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='video to gif')
parser.add_argument('video', help='the video file')
parser.add_argument('--fps', type=int, default=10, help='the frames per second')
parser.add_argument('--width', type=int, default=640, help='the width')
parser.add_argument('--quiet', dest='quiet', default=False, action='store_true')
args = parser.parse_args()

def log(msg):
  HEADER = '\033[95m'
  BOLD = '\033[1m'
  ENDC = '\033[0m'
  print('%s[%s]%s %s%s%s' % (HEADER, datetime.now(), ENDC, BOLD, msg, ENDC))

def command(bin, params):
  with open(os.devnull, 'w') as DEVNULL:
    stderr_target = DEVNULL if args.quiet == True else None
    p = subprocess.Popen([bin] + params, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=stderr_target)
    out, err = p.communicate()
    if p.returncode != 0:
      raise Exception('Command %s exited with code %d' % (bin, p.returncode))
    return out

def convert(input, fps, width):
  log('Processing video %s (fps=%d, width=%d)' % (input, fps, width))

  command('ffmpeg', [
    '-y',
    '-i', input,
    '-vf', 'fps=%d,scale=%d:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen' % (fps, width),
    '%s.palette.png' % input,
    '-v', 'warning',
    '-stats'
  ])
  command('ffmpeg', [
    '-y',
    '-i', input,
    '-i', '%s.palette.png' % input,
    '-filter_complex', 'fps=%d,scale=%d:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse' % (fps, width),
    '%s.gif' % input,
    '-v', 'warning',
    '-stats'
  ])

try:
  log('Starting processing')
  start=datetime.now()
  convert(args.video, args.fps, args.width)
  end=datetime.now()
  duration = end - start
  log('Finished processing (took %d seconds)' % duration.total_seconds())
except BaseException as e:
  log('Error: %s' % str(e))
  exit(1)

video-to-mp4.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# python -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/choffmeister/d0caa672d389a05952a44528158ecfd6/raw/video-to-mp4.py)" --width=720 --fps=30 video.mov

import argparse
import os
import re
import subprocess
from datetime import datetime

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='video to gif')
parser.add_argument('video', help='the video file')
parser.add_argument('--fps', type=int, default=30, help='the frames per second')
parser.add_argument('--width', type=int, default=640, help='the width')
parser.add_argument('--quiet', dest='quiet', default=False, action='store_true')
args = parser.parse_args()

def log(msg):
  HEADER = '\033[95m'
  BOLD = '\033[1m'
  ENDC = '\033[0m'
  print('%s[%s]%s %s%s%s' % (HEADER, datetime.now(), ENDC, BOLD, msg, ENDC))

def command(bin, params):
  with open(os.devnull, 'w') as DEVNULL:
    stderr_target = DEVNULL if args.quiet == True else None
    p = subprocess.Popen([bin] + params, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=stderr_target)
    out, err = p.communicate()
    if p.returncode != 0:
      raise Exception('Command %s exited with code %d' % (bin, p.returncode))
    return out

def convert(input, fps, width):
  log('Processing video %s (fps=%d, width=%d)' % (input, fps, width))

  command('ffmpeg', [
    '-y',
    '-i', input,
    '-c:v', 'h264',
    '-crf', '20',
    '-c:a', 'mp3',
    '-vf', 'fps=%d,scale=%d:-1' % (fps, width),
    '%s.mp4' % input,
    '-v', 'warning',
    '-stats'
  ])

try:
  log('Starting processing')
  start=datetime.now()
  convert(args.video, args.fps, args.width)
  end=datetime.now()
  duration = end - start
  log('Finished processing (took %d seconds)' % duration.total_seconds())
except BaseException as e:
  log('Error: %s' % str(e))
  exit(1)