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mp4 to animated gif with brief blank screen between loops
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mp42gif.bash
inputfile=$1
ffmpeg -y -i $inputfile -vf fps=10,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen /tmp/palette.png
ffmpeg -i $inputfile -i /tmp/palette.png -filter_complex "fps=10,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" /tmp/temp.gif
convert /tmp/temp.gif -alpha Opaque +level-colors Black -flatten /tmp/black.png
convert /tmp/temp.gif -delay 50 /tmp/black.png /tmp/output.gif
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Usage: bash mp42gif.bash /path/to/video.mp4

This produces an animated gif in /tmp/output.gif

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