youtube-to-gif

Creates an animated GIF from a YouTube URL.

Prerequisites

You will need ffmpeg to use this package. Assuming you are using OS X, ffmpeg can be installed very easily with Brew.

brew install ffmpeg

Installation

npm install youtube-to-gif -g

Usage

This following command will create an animated GIF from a Youtube Video of Neo fighting Morpheus in the film: The Matrix.

youtube-to-gif -u https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=NqxSgp385N0 -b 30 -d 5

The -b flag specifies the seconds at which to begin converting the video file. The -d flag specifies the duration of clip you want to convert to an animated GIF. After typing the above command, your terminal output should look something like this:

And here is the final output:

Options

-u, --url [type]        YouTube video URL you wish to convert.
-o, --output [type]     The name of the output file. [default = ./output/{video-title}.gif
-f, --fps [type]        Frames per second of the output GIF. [default = 10]
-s, --size [type]       Dimensions of the output GIF. [default = 320x?]
-b, --beginTime [type]  The offset start of the video. [default = 3]
-d, --duration [type]   Number of seconds GIF should last. [default = 10]
-t, --thumb             Display thumbnail of the Youtube video in console.
-e, --openexport        Opens the export when done.
-v, --verbose           Displays all the information.