How do I convert a video to GIF using ffmpeg, with reasonable quality?

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06:48 Answer 2 (Score 103)
08:13 Answer 3 (Score 50)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/556029/h...

Accepted answer links:
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/umzXz.gif
[download]: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
[compile]: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Compilation...
[fps]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#f...
[scale]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#s...
[scaling algorithm]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-scaler.html
[palettegen]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#p...
[paletteuse]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#p...
[split]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#s...
[palettegen]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#p...
[paletteuse]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#p...
[High quality GIF with FFmpeg]: http://blog.pkh.me/p/21-high-quality-gif...
[palettegen]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#p...
[paletteuse]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#p...
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/yzB0T.gif
[filtergraph]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#F...
[fps]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#f...
[scale]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#s...
[scaling algorithm]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-scaler.html
[ImageMagick Animation Optimization]: https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/anim_o.../
[fps]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#f...
[-delay]: https://www.imagemagick.org/script/comma...

Answer 2 links:
[Introduction to Animation Optimization]: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/anim_op.../

Answer 3 links:
[High quality GIF with FFmpeg]: http://blog.pkh.me/p/21-high-quality-gif...

Answer 4 links:
[this script]: http://blog.pkh.me/p/21-high-quality-gif...
[Github]: https://github.com/thevangelist/FFMPEG-g...

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