Video to gif using openCV

gif_maker

import io

import cv2
import imageio
from proglog import proglog

vidcap = cv2.VideoCapture('my_video.mp4')


def extract_gif(vidcap, fps=15, logger='bar', frame_skip=None):
    if frame_skip is None:
        original_fps = vidcap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FPS)
        frame_skip = int(original_fps/fps)
    success, frame = vidcap.read()

    count = 0
    logger = proglog.default_bar_logger(logger)
    frames = []
    buffer = io.BytesIO()

    logger(message='Building file %s with imageio.')
    while success:
        frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
        frames.append(frame)
        success, frame = vidcap.read()
        count += 1
    imageio.mimsave(buffer, frames[::frame_skip], format='gif', loop=5, duration=1.0 / fps)
    return buffer


with open("output.gif", "wb") as f:
    f.write((extract_gif(vidcap, fps=15, frame_skip=4)).getbuffer())