[FFmpeg-user] wrong colors in animated GIF

[Michael Koch]

Hi Javier,

>
> I suspect it is something about the palette generated.
> I have been using palettegen and paletteuse filters lately, and they have worked out fine for me.
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> This command is working as you might expect:
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> ffmpeg -y -i sidereal.gif -filter_complex "split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen[p];[s1][p]paletteuse"  sidereal2.gif
> (2.8M)
>
> In fact, limiting the number of colors to 128, makes the file smaller:
> ffmpeg -i sidereal.gif -filter_complex "split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen=max_colors=24[p];[s1][p]paletteuse"  sidereal2.1.gif
> (2.2M)

thank you very much for this example. It works as expected. I have 
already added it to my book:
http://www.astro-electronic.de/FFmpeg_Book.pdf

Michael