Audio & video
Convert MP4 to GIF
Pick the seconds you want, the size, and the frame rate.
Drop a video or audio file here
MP4, M4A, WAV, OGG · nothing is uploaded
How it works
- 1Choose a video, or drag one onto the box.
- 2Pick where the clip starts, how long it runs, the width and the frame rate.
- 3The frames are pulled out one at a time and turned into a GIF. Longer clips take longer.
- 4Check the size — GIF is a heavy format — then download.
Specification
- Output
- Animated GIF
- Default clip
- First 10 seconds at 10 fps, 480 px wide
- Colours
- 256 per frame, re-picked each frame
- Uploads
- None — the file never leaves your browser
Questions
Why is the GIF so much bigger than the video?
Because GIF stores every frame as a complete image with its own colour table, and has no way to say "this part did not change". A ten-second clip that is 1 MB as MP4 is routinely 8-15 MB as a GIF. Dropping the frame rate or the width is what brings it down.
Why is there a limit on the clip length?
There is no hard limit, but every frame is a separate seek-and-screenshot, so a long clip takes a long time and produces a file too big to send anywhere. Ten seconds at 10 fps is the default because it is the point where GIFs are still useful.
Will the audio come across?
No — GIF has no sound. If you want the audio, the MP4-to-MP3 tool takes it out separately.
Is my file uploaded anywhere?
No. The video is played and screenshotted inside your browser. Nothing is sent to a server.
Is this the same as "video to gif"?
Yes. It also gets called "convert video to gif" and "mp4 to gif converter". They all describe this one job, and this page does it.