Video to gif script

video2gif.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Args: input video file, start time in HH:MM:SS, duration in seconds, output
# gif file.

# Tmpdir
rm -rf /tmp/video2gif
mkdir /tmp/video2gif

mplayer -nosub -ao null -ss "$2" -endpos "$3" "$1" -vo jpeg:outdir=/tmp/video2gif:quality=100

thunar /tmp/video2gif &
pid=$!

echo "Review frames and hit enter when ready."

read
kill -term $pid

echo "Converting to gifs"
ls /tmp/video2gif/*.jpg | parallel convert {} -resize 480x320 {}.gif

echo "Combining"
gifsicle -O3 --delay 6 --loop /tmp/video2gif/*.gif > "$4"

eog "$4"