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 # Random Data Visualisation stuff
 
 This is just some random stuff I wanted to put somewhere since I spent time figuring it out.
+
+## Convert `mov` to `mp4` trivially.
+
+```shell
+ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v copy -c:a copy output.mp4
+```
+
+## convert movie clip to animated gif
+
+From [blog post](https://dev.to/nabbisen/ffmpeg-convert-video-to-gif-7h8). [Original documentation](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html#Video-Options)
+
+```shell
+ffmpeg -ss <start time> -t <duration> -i input.mp4 -c:v copy -c:a copy -r <framerate> output.mp4
+```
+