How to control gif loop settings in FFmpeg

I'm able to export a sequence of images as a gif with FFmpeg:

ffmpeg -vsync 2 -safe 0 -f concat -i "file:concat.txt"
-lavfi palettegen=stats_mode=diff[pal],[0:v][pal]paletteuse=new=1:diff_mode=rectangle
-y "Test.gif"

Now, I'm wondering if I can control somehow the loop settings (repeat forever, repeat n times, etc).

I could not find any "loop" on FFmpeg.org documentation.

1 Answer

Use the -loop option for the GIF muxer

ffmpeg -i input -loop 2 output.gif

• -1 no loop (plays once)
• 0 infinite loop (default)
• 1 loop once (plays 2 times)
• 2 loop twice (plays 3 times)
• etc

See ffmpeg -h muxer=gif.

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