mp4-to-gif

togif.sh

#!/bin/bash

#---
# Converts all .mp4 files in a directory to GIF
# NOTE: Filenames must have no spaces
#---
mkdir -p output
palette="/tmp/palette.png"
for i in *.mp4
do
    f=$(basename -- ${i%.*})
    echo "Working on $f..."
    filters="fps=6,scale=680:-1:flags=lanczos"
    ffmpeg -v warning -i "$f.mp4" -vf "$filters,palettegen=64" -y "$palette"
    ffmpeg -v warning -i "$f.mp4" -i $palette -lavfi "$filters [x]; [x][1:v] paletteuse=dither=floyd_steinberg" -y "output/$f.gif"
done