vid2ani

Video to GIF/APNG/WEBP converter v5.5

A batch script for converting video files to GIF/APNG/WEBP using FFmpeg on Windows.
(C) 2017-2022, MDHEXT & Nabi KaramAliZadeh nabikaz@gmail.com

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 the vid2ani.cmd file in the same folder as ffmpeg.exe.

Usage

vid2ani [input_file] [arguments]

Arguments

-t      Specifies output filetype - supported types: 'gif', 'png', 'webp'.
        The default is 'gif'.
-o      Specifies output filename.
        Will be output to the same directory as your input video.
        The default is the same as the input video.
-r      Specifies scale or size.
        Width of the animation in pixels.
        The default is the same scale as the original video.
-f      Specifies framerate in frames per second.
        The default is 15.
-m      Specifies one of the 3 modes listed below.
        The default is diff.
-d      Specifies which dithering algorithm to be used.
        The default is 1 (Bayer).
-b      Specifies the Bayer Scale. (Optional)
        This can only be used when Bayer dithering is applied.
        See more information below.
-s      Specifies the start of the animation in HH:MM:SS.MS format.
        (Optional)
-e      Specifies the duration of the animation in seconds.
        (Optional)
-c      Sets the maximum amount of colors useable per palette.
        (Optional value up to 256)
        This option isn't used by default.
-k      Enables error diffusion.
        (Optional)
-p      Opens the resulting animation in your default Photo Viewer.
        (Optional)

Palettegen Modes:
1: diff - only what moves affects the palette
2: single - one palette per frame
3: full - one palette for the whole animation

Dithering Options:
0: No Dithering
1: Bayer
2: Heckbert
3: Floyd Steinberg
4: Sierra2
5: Sierra2_4a
6: sierra3
7: burkes
8: atkinson

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.
The option must be an integer value in the range [0,5].
The Default is 2. Bayer Scale is optional.

Examples

  vid2ani sample.mp4
  vid2ani sample.mp4 -t png
  vid2ani sample.mp4 -f 20 -r 450
  vid2ani sample.mp4 -s 5:40 -e 5
  vid2ani sample.mp4 -o babydance -m 2 -k -b 3

Tips

You can download this fork from here: MDHEXT/video2gif
You can download the original release here: NabiKAZ/video2gif
This tool uses ffmpeg, you can download that here: FFmpeg Windows builds
This tool wouldn't be possible without the research listed here: High quality GIF with FFmpeg