[mdlug] Video -> gif conversion software?

[Fati]

On 11/24/06, Wojtak, Greg <GregWojtak at quickenloans.com> wrote:
> I am looking for some software to convert video¹s (mpg, avi, mov, wmv? ) to
> animated gif¹s.  Does anyone know of any software that can do this?  Special
> bonus points awarded if the software compiles on Mac OS X in addition to
> Linux. :)
>

Sure, check out mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html)
It runs on Linux and Mac OS X and even Windows if you're feeling
squirrely...

To create an animated gif called movie gif with a framerate of 15 from
a file called file.mpeg
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mplayer -vo gif89a:15.0:movie.gif file.mpeg

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