gifme

Convert any video file or video readable stream to an animated GIF of desired length and size.

Features

• Less depedencies
• Fast
• No temporary files generated
• Supports readable stream as input
• Returns promise, better for handling errors

Requirements

Before using gifme, please install:

• Node.js
• FFmpeg

Installation

For global

npm install -g gifme

For local

npm install gifme

Usage

let fs = require('fs');
let gifme = require('gifme');
let path = require('path');
 
let input = path.join(__dirname, 'video.mp4');
let output = path.join(__dirname, 'video.gif');
 
let gif = fs.createWriteStream(output);
 
var options = {
  width: 320,
  height: 240,
  from: '00:00:00.000',
  to: '00:00:10.000'
};
 
gifime(input, options)
  .then((gifStream) => {
    gifStream.pipe(output);
  })
  .catch(err, function doSomthingWithError(error){//do something});

You can also pass a readable stream to gifme(stream, options).

Options usage

options can have following keys

• from - from speciifies the time from which gif should start. It must be in format of hh:mm:ss.xxx eg. 00:00:00.000.
• to - It must be in format of hh:mm:ss.xxx eg. 00:00:10.000
• width - width of generated gif must be a number
• height - height of generated gif must be a number
• fps - frame rate for generating gif must be number

Events emitted

Follownig events are eimmited from the generated gif stream.

Event done

done is emitted when gif is created successfull without any errors. Example:

gifime(input, options)
  .then((gifStream) => {
    gifStream.pipe(output);
    gifStream.on('done', () => {
      console.log('gif successfuly generated');
    });
  })
  .catch(err, function doSomthingWithError(error){//do something});