> gif & images

6 commands for ffmpeg gif & images

// gif & images

6 commands

Convert video to GIF

$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "fps=10,scale=320:-1" output.gif

Convert video to GIF with optimized palette

$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "fps=10,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen" palette.png

Extract one frame per second as images

$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf fps=1 frame_%04d.png

Extract a single frame at a timestamp

$ ffmpeg -ss 00:00:05 -i input.mp4 -frames:v 1 thumbnail.jpg

Create slideshow from images

$ ffmpeg -framerate 1 -i frame_%04d.png -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p output.mp4

Create a video thumbnail grid

$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "select='not(mod(n\,100))',scale=320:180,tile=4x4" -frames:v 1 thumbnail.jpg

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