~/.local/bin/gifgen

~/.local/bin/gifgen

#!/bin/bash

# Echo help/usage message
show_help() {
  echo "gifgen 1.1.2"
  echo
  echo "Usage: gifgen [options] [input]"
  echo
  echo "Options:"
  echo "  -o   Output file [input.gif]"
  echo "  -f   Frames per second [10]"
  echo "  -s   Optimize for static background"
  echo "  -v   Display verbose output from ffmpeg"
  echo
  echo "Examples:"
  echo "  $ gifgen video.mp4"
  echo "  $ gifgen -o demo.gif SCM_1457.mp4"
  echo "  $ gifgen -sf 15 screencap.mov"
}

# Setup defaults
pid=$$
palette="/tmp/gif-palette-$pid.png"
fps="10"
verbosity="warning"
stats_mode="full"
dither="sierra2_4a"

# Parse args
while getopts "hi:o:f:sv" opt; do
  case "$opt" in
    h)
      show_help=true
      ;;
    o)
      output=$OPTARG
      ;;
    f)
      fps=$OPTARG
      ;;
    s)
      stats_mode="diff"
      dither="none"
      ;;
    v)
      verbosity="info"
      ;;
  esac
done
shift "$((OPTIND-1))"
# Grab input file from end of command
input=$1

# Show help and exit if we have no input
[[ "$input" = "" ]] || [[ $show_help = true ]] && show_help && exit

# Check for ffmpeg before encoding
type ffmpeg >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
  echo "Error: gifgen requires ffmpeg to be installed"
  exit 1
}

# Set output if not specified
if [[ "$output" = "" ]]; then
  input_filename=${input##*/}
  output=${input_filename%.*}.gif
fi

# Encode GIF
echo "Generating palette..."
ffmpeg -v "$verbosity" -i "$input" -vf "fps=$fps,palettegen=stats_mode=$stats_mode" -y "$palette"
[[ "$verbosity" = "info" ]] && echo
echo "Encoding GIF..."
ffmpeg -v "$verbosity" -i "$input" -i "$palette" -lavfi "fps=$fps [x]; [x][1:v] paletteuse=dither=$dither" -y "$output"
echo "Done!"