1. Getting Started¶

This document will show you how to get up and running with vcgif.

1.1. Requirement¶

Python3 and pip3 are required for install vcgif.

# update system package
$ sudo apt-get update

# install python3 and pip3
$ sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip

FFmpeg is required for process video.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

After you match the requirements, you can install vcgif directly from PyPI.

$ sudo pip3 install vcgif

There is a simple example for vcgif.

$ vcgif -v /vagrant/SampleVideo_1280x720_2mb.mp4 -dest . -n test

Note

-v option is indicate your video path, -dest option is indicate the path where you want to put the gif, -n option is your gif file name.

Open your command and running the following code, you will see a list of helps from vcgif.

$ vcgif -h