"convert file.mpg file.gif" works fine, obviously the animated .gif
file is substantially bigger than the source .mpg, so if xvidcap can
save to .mpg, this could be the way.

2005/11/17, Mark Thomas <thomas.s.mark@gmail.com>:
> On 11/17/05, Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Mark Thomas wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a way to go from .swf to GIF? Looking ....
> >
> > See my email to you about xvidcap -- it outputs to several formats.
> >
> > ImageMagick's convert should be able to "Turn a group of images into a =
GIF
> > animation sequence".
> >
>
> Thanks Jeremy, looking at DESC now. I'll build xvidcap later today and
> let you know how it all works out.
>
> I figured 'convert' would come into play.*grin* Talk about a fantastic
> application.
>
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