GIF export fails on v17.10

Bug
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Hi!
First, thanks for this very useful free open source software.

The bug found : Recently I noticed that I can’t export to gif anymore with v17.10. I tried with v17.08 (pre ffmpeg update) and it worked like a charm. Logs said that “Formats with a palette require a minimum alignment of 4” and also shows an error about using a function deprecated while trying to converting to gif which… i didn’t copy unfortunelly.
The settings to convert to gif my video was exactly the same in both tries, and only pre ffmpeg update version did it.

This issue was found on a windows 10 machine 64 bits using v17.10 for windows 64 bits.

Thanks in advance

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Yeah, we are going to have to drop this preset and codec.

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so… no more gif export? :frowning:

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Kdenlive still does gif exports.

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That all depends on how MLT is built. If it using FFmpeg > 3.0 it will not work as it is a limitation of MLT that it broke with newer FFmpeg. I know as I am the MLT lead developer. At least with Shotcut builds I provide we can clearly communicate about it instead of the “it depends.” Sorry, but GIF is not just very high priority for me.

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I’m not that interested in gif.

Just wanted to let Nadd_Ieen know that Kdenlive is an option for gif now that Shotcut is no longer offering that export choice.:slight_smile:

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Environment: Ubuntu 23.04, Shotcut 23.05.14.

GIF export fails, how do you set the GIF Animation preset during Export? I selected in the list, but still fails.

Use case: convert a mp4 video and turn it into a GIF (if that is even possible?)

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You are replying to a 6 year old thread that is no longer relevant. I am closing it now.

Which list? There are very many lists in Shotcut. You need to choose Export > Presets > Stock > GIF Animation. It works for me; just tested and verified.