This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.
To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:
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| // | |
| // GIF2MP4.swift | |
| // | |
| // Created by PowHu Yang on 2020/4/24. | |
| // Copyright © 2020 PowHu Yang. All rights reserved. | |
| // | |
| /* How to use | |
| let data = try! Data(contentsOf: Bundle.main.url(forResource: "gif", withExtension: "gif")!) | |
| let tempUrl = URL(fileURLWithPath: NSTemporaryDirectory()).appendingPathComponent("temp.mp4") |
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Capture Still Images from Video and add to a View: Swift 2
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| // MARK: THANKS TO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4294996/get-uiimage-from-the-calayer-attached-to-avplayer-extract-frame-from-video-play | |
| func finshedCapture(im:CGImage?, view:UIView, error:NSError?) { | |
| if let img = im { | |
| print("OK") | |
| addImageViewWithImage(img, toView: view) | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| print("Fail") | |
| } | |
| } |
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