Gource and ffmpeg Commands

gource-commands.txt

# gource commands 

# for big and long projects 
gource  --max-user-speed 500 --seconds-per-day 0.05 --file-idle-time 10 -e 0.005 -f --max-files 300 --hide-files

# some easy to understand commands

# for output file
--output-ppm-stream ~/ppm/ppm-kohana

# if a lot of files
--max-files 200

# for keeping users on screen
--highlight-all-users

# more elastic tree
-e 0.01

# longer days:
--seconds-per-day 1

# less files on screen
--max-files 400

# less bloom
--bloom-multiplier 0.70

# add some more stuff here!
# TODO: create some bash scripts

# rails : Mon Jul 11 05:17:22 2005 +0000
gource -704x480 --max-user-speed 400 --seconds-per-day 0.04 --file-idle-time 2 -e 0.006 --bloom-multiplier 0.70 -f --hide-files --multi-sampling --max-files 400 --highlight-user "David Heinemeier Hansson" --highlight-user "Nicholas Seckar" --highlight-user "Leon Breedt" --highlight-user "Jamis Buck" --highlight-user "Sam Stephenson" --output-ppm-stream ~/ppm/rails.pp

# encode with ffmpeg
# "-vpre hq" for less quality
ffmpeg -f image2pipe -i rails.ppm -vcodec libx264 -vpre max -crf 22 -threads 0 rails.mp4