use ffmpeg to convert a screen recording to a gif

converttogif

#!/bin/bash

# Check if FFmpeg is installed
if ! command -v ffmpeg &> /dev/null; then
    echo "FFmpeg is not installed. Please install it first."
    exit 1
fi

# Check if input file is provided
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <input_file>"
    exit 1
fi

input_file="$1"
output_file="${input_file%.*}.gif"

# Convert video to GIF
ffmpeg -i "$input_file" -vf "fps=10,scale=720:-1:flags=lanczos" -c:v gif "$output_file"

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Conversion complete. Output file: $output_file"
else
    echo "Conversion failed."
    exit 1
fi