GIFPARDY

What is a command-line video-to-GIF maker?

Installation

npm install -g gifpardy

Usage

Path to source video is the only required argument.

If the GIF output filename is not given, the source video filename will be used as a base.

gifpardy in.mp4
gifpardy in.mp4 out.gif
gifpardy -r 320x240 -d 8 in.mp4
gifpardy --resolution 1200x800 --delay 5 in.mp4 out.gif

Option	Description	Default Value
-d, --delay	How much time to wait between frames in hundreths of a second.	6
-r, --resolution	GIF resolution.	1000x630

System Dependencies

Requires ffmpeg and gifsicle.

• ffmpeg
  • brew install ffmpeg
  • sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
  • choco install ffmpeg
• gifsicle
  • brew install gifsicle
  • sudo apt-get install gifsicle
  • choco install gifsicle

Under the Hood

gifpardy calls a command that looks like this:

ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -s 600x400 -pix_fmt rgb24 -r 7 -f gif - | gifsicle --optimize=3 --delay=6 > out.gif

Taking a Screen Capture

Want to make a screen capture GIF, but don't know which screen recording tool to use?

• On Windows, try OBS Studio.
• On OS X, use QuickTime Player's screen recording tool (<cmd> + ^ + N).

Then run GIFPARDY on the output video. For a final GIFPARDY, a GIF we created with GIFPARDY: