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write_gif() output file size is large

See original GitHub issue

converted a first 10 seconds of a clip(50 mb) with write_gif() gave me a 46 mb gif

clip = VideoFileClip("input.mp4").subclip('2:09:05', '2:09:17')
video = CompositeVideoClip([clip])
video.write_gif("output.gif", program='ffmpeg', fps=clip.fps)

i also test imageio but that is worse, gave me 76 mb

Python Version: 3.6
Moviepy Version: 0.2.3.2
Platform Name: windows 10

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Created 5 years ago
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Comments:10 (1 by maintainers)

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dheerajmpaicommented, Dec 12, 2019

Using ffmpeg instead of imageio can significantly reduce the file size For a seven second gif I got the following results.

ffmpeg : 19MB imageio : 39MB

Code used

gif_clip.write_gif('gif_clip.gif',fps=25,program= 'ffmpeg')

gif_clip.write_gif('gif_clip_imageio.gif',fps=25,program= 'imageio')

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keikorocommented, Oct 11, 2022

Closing this issue as it’s old and hasn’t seen any response from OP in several years, and people have responded to other commenters in the thread with potential solutions.

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