LambdaSharp / GifMaker-Sample

Lambda function for creating animated GIFs from videos

LambdaSharp - Create Animated GIFs from Videos with AWS Lambda

This sample requires the LambdaSharp CLI to deploy.

Overview

This LambdaSharp module creates a Lambda function that converts videos to animated GIFs. The conversion is done by the FFmpeg application which is deployed as a Lambda Layer. The module uses two S3 buckets: one for uploading videos and one for storing the converted animated GIFs. The Lambda function is automatically invoked when a file is uploaded the video S3 bucket.

Deploy

This module is compiled to CloudFormation and deployed using the LambdaSharp CLI.

git clone https://github.com/LambdaSharp/GifMaker-Sample.git
cd GifMaker-Sample
lash deploy

Details

1. Compress contents of Assets/FFmpeg-Layer folder into a zip package with execution permissions for ffmpeg executable.
2. Create a Lambda layer using the uploaded package.
3. Create Lambda function
4. (Optional) Create an S3 bucket for uploading videos.
5. (Optional) Create an S3 bucker for storing the converted animated GIFs.

Parameters

VideoBucket

The VideoBucket parameter can optionally be provided to specify the ARN of an existing S3 bucket where video will be uploaded. A new S3 bucket is automatically created when this parameter is omitted.

Required: No

Type: String (S3 Bucket ARN)

AnimatedGifBucket

The AnimatedGifBucket parameter can optionally be provided to specify the ARN of an existing S3 bucket where the converted animated GIF files are uploaded to. A new S3 bucket is automatically created when this parameter is omitted.

Required: No

Type: String (S3 Bucket ARN)

Attribution

The FFmepg application is provided by https://www.ffmpeg.org/

License

Apache 2.0 for the module and code.

GPL 3.0 for the files in the Assets/FFmpeg-Layer folder.