mustang

A simple script to convert videos to animated gif

Installation

You can install mustang by following command:

$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/techgaun/mustang/master/mustang -O /usr/bin/mustang
$ chmod +x /usr/bin/mustang

There's a package called mustang so make sure you don't have it or update installation instruction appropriately.

Alternatively, you can use the docker images to use mustang without having to install ffmpeg or imagemagick on your host OS.

$ docker run --rm -v /tmp/data:/data techgaun/mustang:alpine -i /data/out.ogv -o /data/out.gif

You can alternatively use images based on ubuntu or centos. Just replace techgaun/mustang:alpine with techgaun/mustang:ubuntu or techgaun/mustang:centos however alpine based image is ~85Mb (could be reduced I believe) so ideal.

Usage

mustang is a simple script that converts videos to animated gifs using ffmpeg and convert (optionally).

$ ./mustang -h
mustang - written by techgaun
Usage: mustang [-f <fps_numeric>] -i <input_file> -o <output_file> [-c] [-w]
Example: mustang -f 15 -i /tmp/input.mp4 -o /tmp/output.gif
         mustang -h
Options:
         -c         Enable use of convert command
         -f         Frames per second for gif. Default: 12
         -h         Show help screen
         -i         Input video file
         -o         Output gif file
         -w         Overwrite output file if it exists

To Do

• add high quality switch to create high quality gif
• add transdiff toggle option
• add ability to pass custom ffmpeg and convert args
• add ability to cut the input video clip

Author

• Samar Acharya <samar@techgaun.com>