Easy Gifer

A simple way to turn a video into a gif, with an easy to use interface.

How to use it

• Open the app
• Choose a video file
• Choose desired trim options
  • recommended for faster export and smaller gif files
• Start it
• Done.

How to install it

Just download the zip at Releases, extract and run the .exe file. No installation needed.

Is it "portable"?

Mostly. You need to keep the included ffmpeg.exe in the same folder as Easy-Gifer.exe

How it works

• ffmpeg-python handles file conversion through ffmpeg.exe
• PySimpleGUI handles the UI.

Supported video extensions

.3g2, .3gp, .avi, .flv, .h264, .m4v, .mkv, .mov, .mp4, .mpg, .mpeg, .rm, .swf, .vob, .wmv, .srt, and many more...

And probably many other

Cloning the repository:

First, open the command-line and check your Python version. This app was made using Python 3.10.3:

py --version

Now, install virtualenv if you don't have it:

py -m pip install virtualenv

Clone the repository and change the directory to it:

git clone https://github.com/WyllerMachado/Easy-Gifer.git
cd Easy-Gifer

Create a virtualenv for the project, then activate it:

py -m venv venv
.\venv\Scripts\activate

Install project dependencies:

py -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Done. Now you can run the app typing:

py main.py

Compiling the application:

First: clone the repository and properly configure its virtualenv (see above).

Easy way:

Inside Easy-Gifer virtualenv, change the directory to compile and run the script:

cd compile
.\compile.bat

• The generated .exe file will be in .\dist folder (which opens automatically).

Manual way:

Inside Easy-Gifer virtualenv, change the directory to compile folder and run pyinstaller:

cd compile
pyinstaller -w --onefile ..\main.py --hiddenimport ffmpeg-python --icon app.ico --name Easy-Gifer

After pyinstaller finishes, copy ffmpeg.exe to the created .\dist folder by typing:

ROBOCOPY ".." "dist" ffmpeg.exe /mt /z

• The generated .exe file will be in .\compile\dist folder.

requirements.txt

ffmpeg-python==0.2.0
pyinstaller==5.0.1
pyinstaller-hooks-contrib==2022.4
PySimpleGUI==4.59.0

• The included ffmpeg.exe file should be in the same folder as main.py