mov2gif.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

'''
DEPENDENCIES:
$ brew install ffmpeg
$ brew install imagemagick

$ python ./mov2gif.py input.mov output.gif 15
'''

import sys
import os
import tempfile
import shutil
import subprocess

if len(sys.argv) <= 2:
	print 'usage: ', sys.argv[0], '[INPUT_MOV_FILENAME]', '[OUTPUT_GIF_FILENAME]', '[FPS]'
	sys.exit(-1)

assert(os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]))
INPUT_MOV_FILENAME = sys.argv[1]

OUTPUT_GIF_FILENAME = sys.argv[2]

try:
	FPS = int(sys.argv[3])
except Exception, e:
	FPS = 10

temp = tempfile.mkdtemp()

TEMP = os.path.join(temp, '%5d.png')
subprocess.check_call(
    ['ffmpeg', '-loglevel', 'quiet', '-i', INPUT_MOV_FILENAME, '-r', str(FPS), TEMP])

subprocess.check_call(
    ['convert', '-delay', '1x%si' % FPS, os.path.join(temp, '*.png'), OUTPUT_GIF_FILENAME])

shutil.rmtree(temp)

cmd = 'open -R %(OUTPUT_GIF_FILENAME)s' % {
	"OUTPUT_GIF_FILENAME": OUTPUT_GIF_FILENAME
}
subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)

print 'done'