DIY gifs on linux... cheat sheet...

DIY gifs on linux. cheat sheet. # FIRST. # LIMET THE number of frame per second to something small. ) #(between 5 or 6 is OK ) === -ofps 6 #(SCALE VIDEO TO A thumbnail size) === -vf scale=280:200 $ mencoder *.mpg -ofps 6 -ovc lavc -oac copy -vf scale=280:200 -o out2avi-thumb-ofps6.avi xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # NEXT # TURN YOUR AVI FILE INTO STILL JPEGS. # KEEP YOUR PROJECT IN A ISOLATED FOLDER WITH NO OTHER jpegs $ mplayer *.avi -vo jpeg:quality=100 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # NEXT. # TURN jpegs INTO A thumbnail gif. # USING IMAGE MAGIKS convert comand. $ convert -verbose -delay 15.3 *.jpg final-thumb280x200-.gif #------------ #------------ # convert needs non free " mpeg2decode." xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx GET THE non free source from. # http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/video/mssg-free-mpeg-software.html # look for ( mpeg2vidcodec_v12.tar.gz ) this has mpeg2decode in it.