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vid2ani
Video to GIF/APNG/WEBP converter
A batch script for converting video files to GIF/APNG/WEBP using FFmpeg on Windows.
By MDHEXT, Nabi KaramAliZadeh, Pathduck
Installation
- Clone the repo
- Install FFmpeg for Windows.
- Make sure that the path to
ffmpeg.exe
is configured in your system environment variables control panel or that you run thevid2ani.cmd
file in the same folder asffmpeg.exe
.
Usage
vid2ani [input_file] [arguments]
Arguments
-t Output file type.
Valid: 'gif' (default), 'png', 'webp'.
-o Output file.
The default is the same name as the input video.
-r Scale or size.
Width of the animation in pixels.
The default is the same scale as the original video.
-s Start time of the animation (HH:MM:SS.MS)
-e End time of the animation (HH:MM:SS.MS)
-f Framerate in frames per second.
The default is 15.
-d Dithering algorithm to be used.
The default is 0 (None).
-b Bayer Scale setting.
This can only be used when Bayer dithering is applied.
Range 0 - 5, default is 2.
-m Palettegen mode - one of 3 modes listed below.
The default is 1 (diff).
-c The maximum amount of colors useable per palette.
Range 3 - 256 (default)
-k Enables paletteuse error diffusion.
-l Enable lossy WebP compression and quality.
The default for WebP is lossless.
Range 0 - 100, default 75.
-v Set FFmpeg log level, for troubleshooting.
The default log level is 'error'
-p Opens the resulting animation in your default Photo Viewer.
Dithering Modes:
0: None
1: Bayer
2: Heckbert
3: Floyd Steinberg
4: Sierra2
5: Sierra2_4a
6: sierra3
7: burkes
8: atkinson
Palettegen Modes:
1: diff - only what moves affects the palette
2: single - one palette per frame
3: full - one palette for the whole animation
About Bayerscale:
When bayer dithering is selected, the Bayer Scale option defines the
scale of the pattern (how much the crosshatch pattern is visible).
A low value means more visible pattern for less banding, a higher value
means less visible pattern at the cost of more banding.
Examples
vid2ani sample.mp4
vid2ani sample.mp4 -t png
vid2ani sample.mp4 -t webp -l 50
vid2ani sample.mp4 -f 20 -r 450
vid2ani sample.mp4 -s 5:40 -e 5:45
vid2ani sample.mp4 -o babydance -m 2 -k -b 3
Tips
This tool uses ffmpeg, you can download that here: FFmpeg Windows builds
You can download this fork from here: Pathduck/vid2ani
You can download the original release here: MDHEXT/video2gif
This tool wouldn't be possible without the research listed here: High quality GIF with FFmpeg