Media

Convert MP4 to GIF

Convert MP4 videos to GIF format with 30-second limit and customizable quality settings

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/mp4-to-gif' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/videoFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/mp4-to-gif' \
  -F 'videoFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'width=0' \
  -F 'height=0' \
  -F 'fps=10' \
  -F 'startTime=0' \
  -F 'duration=30' \
  -F 'quality=80' \
  -F 'colors=256' \
  -F 'optimize=true' \
  -F 'dithering=true'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/mp4-to-gif

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
videoFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
width	number	No	Target width in pixels (max 2048)
height	number	No	Target height in pixels (max 2048)
fps	number	No	Animation frame rate (1-30 fps)
startTime	number	No

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-mp4-to-gif": {
      "name": "mp4-to-gif",
      "description": "Convert MP4 videos to GIF format with 30-second limit and customizable quality settings",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=mp4-to-gif",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "mp4-to-gif",
    "arguments": {
  "videoFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "width": 0,
  "height": 0,
  "fps": 10,
  "startTime": 0,
  "duration": 30,
  "quality": 80,
  "colors": 256,
  "optimize": true,
  "dithering": true
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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