montehurd/macOS-mov-to-gif-file-conversion.sh

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Simple optimized .mov to .gif conversion from macOS command line using only ffmpeg - with instructions for automatic conversion any time a .mov file is dropped into a special folder.

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macOS-mov-to-gif-file-conversion.sh

ffmpeg -i in.mov -pix_fmt rgb8 -r 10 -f gif out.gif

pamela-drouin commented Jul 31, 2019

Super helpful tool!

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montehurd commented Jul 31, 2019

Thanks!! So was your tip about using command-shift-5 to quickly record the ".mov" files!!

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