[FIXED] How to Convert animated .gif into .webm format in Python?

Issue

I have a web application built on Django where images and animated Gif can be uploaded. However GIF takes long time to load. I was thinking of converting all uploaded gif into webm format and show it on the frontend using HTML5 video tag. I searched a lot for doing this in Python but could not find specific solution. I found this solution. But I want to know is it possible to convert gif into webm while uploading in python or is there any library in python from which this conversion can be accomplished?.

Solution

With MoviePy:

import moviepy.editor as mp
clip = mp.VideoFileClip("mygif.gif")
clip.write_videofile("myvideo.webm")

You can also use any other format (mp4, ogv, etc) and add parameters like bitrate='5000k' or any other parameter supported by FFMPEG. You can also use ffmpeg directly for the conversion instead of moviepy, it will be slightly faster.

Answered By - Zulko

Answer Checked By - Terry (PHPFixing Volunteer)