My GIF workflow

.profile

alias yt-dl='docker run \
                  --rm -i \
                  -e PGID=$(id -g) \
                  -e PUID=$(id -u) \
                  -v "$(pwd)":/workdir:rw \
                  mikenye/youtube-dl'
alias ffmpeg-dkr='docker run --rm \
                  --entrypoint ffmpeg \
                  -v $(pwd):/config \
                  -w="/config" \
                  starefossen/gifsicle:ffmpeg'
gifify() {
  ffmpeg-dkr -i $1 -s 600x400 -ss $2 -t $3 -pix_fmt rgb24 -r 10 -f gif - | gifsicle --optimize=3 --delay=3 > $1.gif
}

workflow.sh

yt-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUTUBE-ID" -o "FileName.%(ext)s"
## using a custom output so I can avoid spaces in the filename
## gifify <file-name.ext> <start-time-stamp> <duration>
gifify FileName.mp4 00:03:32.000 00:00:15.000

Dependencies:

• Docker