I created OGV videos with the gtk-recordmydesktop
screencasting program, trying to tackle this problem here with bruteforce over X. I can view the videos with VLC.
Now, the task is to find some ways to convert OGV videos into GIF animations so I can display them on SE. How can I do that?
Best Answer
take a look at this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/107726/how-to-create-animated-gif-images-of-a-screencast/107735#107735
..... After the Desktop Recorder has saved the recording into an OGV video, MPlayer will be used to capture JPEG screenshots, saving them into the 'output' directory.
On a terminal:
Use ImageMagick to convert the screenshots into an animated gifs.
you can optimize the screenshots this way: