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All Ive ever wanted was to convert mp4 to gif.

by jameskerr 3y ago

robertoandred 3y ago
Why?
- Terretta 3y ago
  Perhaps it's a form of hipster irony, since by and large all GIF sites and social media sites now convert source GIFs to mp4.
  - account42 3y ago
    There are still plenty of contexts where you can embed images but not videos (or at least not with automatic looping playback) - forums, github README.md, other markdown-based comment/post systems. Gif compression limitations also encourage you to cut down to the essential parts - too many videos waste the viewers time with delays and irrelevant bits.
    - Terretta 3y ago
      > irrelevant bits Hmm.
- chefandy 3y ago
  What's more confounding about this than translating between any other two formats?
  - robertoandred 3y ago
    GIF is a terrible format for video
    - chefandy 3y ago
      But it's the only common video format that can be treated like a static image in most cases. Like any other format, it's got its ideal use case.
      - account42 3y ago
        Animated webp is commonly supported at least on he web these days. Of course, it too is a horrible video format, which is impressive considering it is based on a not nearly as horrible video format. If only browsers would support silent looping video in <img> and CSS image contexts...
        chefandy 3y ago
        > Animated webp is commonly supported at least on he web these days. Sure-- if it's a) a website that b) you're making. Tons of websites that allow user uploads only allow common static image formats-- jpg, gif... maybe png, maybe bmp, etc. I can't imagine anywhere that allows users to upload profile pictures, for example, would allow them to upload a webp, but I could imagine users wanting an animated profile picture. I've done it myself. The whole point is that there are instances where using an animated gif is the only option if you want an animated image, and people want to convert videos to animated gif because of that. That's why FFmpeg does it. I'm not really sure why people find this so weird.
paradox460 3y ago
You can do that with ffmpeg, but the output isn't ideal I'd use gifski: https://gif.ski/ https://gif.ski/

All Ive ever wanted was to convert mp4 to gif.

robertoandred 3y ago

Why?

Terretta 3y ago
Perhaps it's a form of hipster irony, since by and large all GIF sites and social media sites now convert source GIFs to mp4.
- account42 3y ago
  There are still plenty of contexts where you can embed images but not videos (or at least not with automatic looping playback) - forums, github README.md, other markdown-based comment/post systems. Gif compression limitations also encourage you to cut down to the essential parts - too many videos waste the viewers time with delays and irrelevant bits.
  - Terretta 3y ago
    > irrelevant bits Hmm.
chefandy 3y ago
What's more confounding about this than translating between any other two formats?
- robertoandred 3y ago
  GIF is a terrible format for video
  - chefandy 3y ago
    But it's the only common video format that can be treated like a static image in most cases. Like any other format, it's got its ideal use case.
    - account42 3y ago
      Animated webp is commonly supported at least on he web these days. Of course, it too is a horrible video format, which is impressive considering it is based on a not nearly as horrible video format. If only browsers would support silent looping video in <img> and CSS image contexts...
      - chefandy 3y ago
        > Animated webp is commonly supported at least on he web these days. Sure-- if it's a) a website that b) you're making. Tons of websites that allow user uploads only allow common static image formats-- jpg, gif... maybe png, maybe bmp, etc. I can't imagine anywhere that allows users to upload profile pictures, for example, would allow them to upload a webp, but I could imagine users wanting an animated profile picture. I've done it myself. The whole point is that there are instances where using an animated gif is the only option if you want an animated image, and people want to convert videos to animated gif because of that. That's why FFmpeg does it. I'm not really sure why people find this so weird.

paradox460 3y ago

You can do that with ffmpeg, but the output isn't ideal I'd use gifski: https://gif.ski/ https://gif.ski/