oam/knowledge base/ffmpeg.md

ffmpeg

TL;DR

# Convert a webm file to GIF.
ffmpeg -y -i rec.webm -vf palettegen palette.png \
  && ffmpeg -y -i rec.webm -i palette.png \
       -filter_complex paletteuse -r 10 out.gif

Format conversion

Webm to GIF

ffmpeg -y -i rec.webm -vf palettegen palette.png
ffmpeg -y -i rec.webm -i palette.png -filter_complex paletteuse -r 10 out.gif

Here rec.webm is the recorded video.
The first command creates a palette out of the webm file. The second command converts the webm file to gif using the created palette.

Sources

• Convert a webm file to gif
• How to convert a webm video to a gif on the command line