File	Date	Author	Commit
lib	2013-07-16	gleitsmann	[1412a7] initial commit
nbproject	2013-07-16	gleitsmann	[1412a7] initial commit
src	2013-07-16	gleitsmann	[1412a7] initial commit
LICENSE	2013-07-16	gleitsmann	[1412a7] initial commit
README	2013-07-16	gleitsmann	[900804] modified readme.
build.xml	2013-07-16	gleitsmann	[1412a7] initial commit
manifest.mf	2013-07-16	gleitsmann	[1412a7] initial commit

Read Me

Gif2Video is a java gui tool for converting animated gifs into videos under 
Windows, Mac and Linux.

Video properties:
* codec = mjpeg
* pixelformat = yuv420p
* output-fps = 25
* containers = mov or avi

System requirements:
* Java 1.5 or higher
* Under Linux FFmpeg must be installed. Mac and Windows have prebuild FFmpeg
  builds included under './lib'.

Getting the sourcecode:
git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/gif2video/code gif2video-code

Usage:
To start the programm just double click 'Gif2Video.jar' or start it over the 
comand line with 'java -jar Gif2Video.jar'.
Now select the gif files over the open files buttom in the top right corner. 
Then choose the wanted container (mov/avi) and set the apporiate frames per 
second. 
If you need the single frames from a gif file as jpeg images you can choose 
this option additionally to the converting process. 
After all is set up just click the convert button and the videos appear
with the same name and directory as the gif files.
If you had choosen to additionally extract the frames from the gif files, 
they will be placed in new folders with the same names and directory as 
the gif files.
 
Example:
The file '/temp/test.gif' containes 5 frames. The mov container and the
extract images option is choosen.
After the converting process the following files and directories will be
created:
'/temp/test.mov'
'/temp/test/test0.jpeg'
'/temp/test/test1.jpeg'
'/temp/test/test2.jpeg'
'/temp/test/test3.jpeg'
'/temp/test/test4.jpeg'


License information:
1. Gif2Video itself is under GNU Public License 3.0 check out LICENSE file.

2. Gif2Video uses the open source ffmpeg libary to create the videos. For
general informations about this libary check out 'ffmpeg.org'. For the used
version and liscense in this build check out the README and LICENSE files 
in the lib folder.

3. Gif2Video uses the GifDecoder Class version 1.03 November 2003 from the 
author Kevin Weiner, FM Software to extract the single frames from the gifs. 
The mentioned Unisys LZW patent is already expired.

Help and Error reporting:
The converting actions will be logged in 'convert.log'.
In the case something went wrong you can create a new post in the support
forum under https://sourceforge.net/p/gif2video/discussion/support/ describing
the problem and append the appropriate logfile. And we will try to fix it in
the next version.