Create a d.o compatible mini movie gif rather than a static screenshot
| #!/bin/sh | |
| # Create an animated GIF of a screen recording to upload to d.o | |
| # Usage: creategif input_file.mp4 output_file.gif | |
| # As described at http://blog.pkh.me/p/21-high-quality-gif-with-ffmpeg.html | |
| palette="/tmp/palette.png" | |
| filters="fps=15,scale=1280:-1:flags=lanczos" | |
| # GIF supports a 256 colour palette. Determine the best palette and store as temp file | |
| ffmpeg -v warning -i $1 -vf "$filters,palettegen" -y $palette | |
| # Use the stored palette to encode the GIF | |
| ffmpeg -v warning -i $1 -i $palette -lavfi "$filters [x]; [x][1:v] paletteuse" -y $2 |
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You'll need to install ffmpeg (Mac: brew install ffmpeg) and have this script somewhere handy. Use the QuickTime app on your Mac to record a screen recording and then save as a file somewhere - mp4 format is good. Put this script in /usr/local/bin and run it on the file which will give you a gif file to upload to d.o BUT CHECK HOW BIG IT IS before uploading!! |
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You'll need to install ffmpeg (Mac: brew install ffmpeg) and have this script somewhere handy.
Use the QuickTime app on your Mac to record a screen recording and then save as a file somewhere - mp4 format is good.
Put this script in /usr/local/bin and run it on the file which will give you a gif file to upload to d.o BUT CHECK HOW BIG IT IS before uploading!!