Quicktime Screen Recording to GIF

gifplease.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# converts .mov (quicktime screen recordings) to animated .gif images
# requires ffmpeg and gifsicle which are easily `brew install`'d

gifplease() {
  ffmpeg -i $1 -pix_fmt rgb24 -r 10 -f gif - | gifsicle --optimize=3 --delay=8 > $1.gif
  gif="$(pwd)/$1.gif"
  echo "👉 $gif"
  open -na Safari "file://$gif"
}

if which ffmpeg > /dev/null & which gifsicle > /dev/null; then
  gifplease $1
  exit 0
else
  if ! which brew > /dev/null; then
    echo "Install homebrew... I'm not doing that"
    exit 1
  fi

  if ! which ffmpeg > /dev/null; then
    brew install ffmpeg
  fi

  if ! which gifsicle > /dev/null; then
    brew install gifsicle
  fi
fi

gifplease $1
exit 0