I'm trying to create a GIFs from an MPG. The gif generation works, but the image quality is very low, the colors very splotchy. GIF sample: http://aycu08.webshots.com/image/2887/1972253021925849519_rs.jpg If i convert to out%d.jpg, then use an image converter to convert to GIF, it looks fine. JPG sample: http://aycu29.webshots.com/image/428/1853181467234348298_rs.jpg Is there a way to control the quality of the gif image created, or a way to improve my results? ################ ffmpeg -i in.mpg -r 3 out%d.gif FFmpeg version SVN-r5827, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard configuration: libavutil version: 49.0.0 libavcodec version: 51.10.0 libavformat version: 50.5.0 built on Jul 25 2006 16:59:54, gcc: 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5) Input #0, mpeg, from 'in.mpg': Duration: 00:00:17.9, start: 0.425822, bitrate: 995 kb/s Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 320x240, 800 kb/s, 30.00 fps(r) Stream #0.1[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 32000 Hz, stereo, 64 kb/s Output #0, image, to 'out%d.gif': Stream #0.0: Video: rawvideo, pal8, 320x240, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 3.00 fps(c) Stream mapping: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0 Press [q] to stop encoding frame= 63 q=0.0 Lsize= 0kB time=21.0 bitrate= 0.0kbits/s video:0kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead nan%