Convert video to GIF

video2gif.sh

$ more /usr/local/bin/video2gif.sh 
#!/bin/bash

# https://engineering.giphy.com/how-to-make-gifs-with-ffmpeg/

echo "Video file: "
read video_file

echo "Video start position (HH:MM:SS): "
read start_seek

echo "GIF duration (ss.sss): "
read duration

echo "GIF name: "
read output_file

ffmpeg -ss $start_seek -t $duration -i $video_file -filter_complex "[0:v] fps=12,scale=w=480:h=-1,split [a][b];[a] palettegen=[p];[b][p] palet
teuse=new=1" $output_file