Bug 471932 - Add a GIF screen record option (Similar to ShareX)
Summary: Add a GIF screen record option (Similar to ShareX)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Spectacle
Classification: Applications
Component: General (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 23.04.2
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Noah Davis
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Reported: 2023-07-04 08:36 UTC by tesla
Modified: 2024-12-17 03:18 UTC (History)
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Version Fixed In: 6.3
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Description tesla 2023-07-04 08:36:18 UTC 
As the title says, have a feature to do a quick screen recording and save it as a gif, similar to ShareX feature. Like in this video using ShareX (video is loud).
https://youtu.be/2nWR4ZdXxSo?t=36
Comment 1 Marijo 2024-04-06 07:46:24 UTC 
I would also love such kind of implementation. Under Windows I am using ScreenToGif very frequently and I think this would be a great addition to Spectacle. As far as I understood there "just" needs to happen an additional step after the video recording which takes the frames and creates the GIF out of it.

So for example if using ffmpeg would be  an option a simple
ffmpeg -i "$source_video" -filter_complex "fps=15" -an "$output_gif"
could do it.
Comment 3 Noah Davis 2024-12-04 10:58:29 UTC 
The MRs I linked also add support for animated WebP, which is a vastly superior animated image format.