convert-youtube-video-to-gif.md

1. Download the youtube video using http://www.savido.net

2. Create a palette from the video:

• skip the first 13 seconds of the input
• create a 6 second output
• 5 frames per second to minimize size
• scale the output to be 320 pixels wide and automatic height, preserve aspect ratio

ffmpeg -y -ss 13 -t 6 -i videoplayback.mp4 -vf fps=5,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen palette.png

3. Create the animated gif based using the above parameters and palette.

ffmpeg -ss 13 -t 6 -i videoplayback.mp4 -i palette.png -filter_complex "fps=5,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" output.gif