GIFYouTube, for those times when you want a YT GIF right now

October 8, 2014 8:27 AM

If you don't want to bother with a program like GIFGrabber or GIFBrewery to make a YouTube video clip into a looping GIF animation, simply add "GIF" to a YouTube URL you get a tool to make a quick looping GIF! Or you can go to GIFYouTube.com to enter a YouTube URL, and view creations from other folks.

Original post from Hacker News, which notes there is a problem with VEVO music videos, and that this is an unofficial add-on to YouTube, so it might not always work, or even get taken down by Google. Also, credit to Tech Crunch for GIFGrabber and GIFBrewery.

posted by filthy light thief (14 comments total)

Last note: the raffle video is from the 100,000th user number contest. If you're wondering why User 100,00 is still "100k-reserved," it's because the account was saved for the son of jamaro.
posted by filthy light thief at 8:29 AM on October 8, 2014 [3 favorites]

cool
posted by griphus at 8:31 AM on October 8, 2014

Neato!
posted by lotusstp at 8:46 AM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

Eponyouknowthedrill
posted by Glomar response at 8:54 AM on October 8, 2014

Must see.
posted by CaseyB at 10:10 AM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

We need the reverse for facebook. A website that converts animated gifs into videos so they autoplay in the timeline. Someone get on that.
posted by machaus at 10:18 AM on October 8, 2014

This is genuinely useful. Well done internets.
posted by Happy Dave at 11:59 AM on October 8, 2014

Yesterday was the first time I ever made a gif, and I was so sad that it didn't work when I posted it on facebook. Anyway, this was a lot easier than whatever I googled up yesterday, so thanks. Here's the seasonally appropriate result.
posted by vytae at 1:48 PM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

See also Gifff.fr.
posted by me3dia at 1:58 PM on October 8, 2014

I give them bonus points for retaining a link back to the original video, so if you like the cat who refuses to be walked on a leash, you can see the slightly longer video.
posted by filthy light thief at 2:20 PM on October 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

my work here is done i must return to my home planet
posted by Potomac Avenue at 2:56 PM on October 8, 2014

My contribution to this scholarly endeavor
posted by mcstayinskool at 2:57 PM on October 8, 2014 [3 favorites]

IM YOUR NEW BRAND X REPRESENTATIVE
posted by JHarris at 9:24 AM on October 9, 2014

Awesome!
posted by cashman at 12:27 PM on October 10, 2014