twitter: add option to convert .mp4 to .gif

src/config.json

@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
         "mp4": ["-c:v", "copy", "-c:a", "copy", "-movflags", "faststart+frag_keyframe+empty_moov"],
         "copy": ["-c:a", "copy"],
         "audio": ["-ar", "48000", "-ac", "2", "-b:a", "320k"],
-        "m4a": ["-movflags", "frag_keyframe+empty_moov"]
+        "m4a": ["-movflags", "frag_keyframe+empty_moov"],
+        "gif": ["-vf", "scale=-1:-1:flags=lanczos,split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen[p];[s1][p]paletteuse", "-loop", "0"]
     },
     "sponsors": [{
         "name": "royale",

src/front/cobalt.js

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const checkboxes = [
     "reduceTransparency",
     "disableAnimations",
     "disableMetadata",
+    "twitterGif",
 ];
 const exceptions = { // used for mobile devices
     "vQuality": "720"
@@ -381,6 +382,7 @@ async function download(url) {
     }
 
     if (sGet("disableMetadata") === "true") req.disableMetadata = true;
+    if (sGet("twitterGif") === "true") req.twitterGif = true;
 
     let j = await fetch(`${apiURL}/api/json`, {
         method: "POST",

src/localization/languages/en.json

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@
         "UrgentTwitterPatch": "fixes and easier downloads",
         "StatusPage": "service status page",
         "TroubleshootingGuide": "self-troubleshooting guide",
-        "UpdateNewYears": "new years clean up"
+        "UpdateNewYears": "new years clean up",
+        "SettingsTwitterGif": "convert gifs to .gif",
+        "SettingsTwitterGifDescription": ".gif is lossy and extremely inefficient. file sizes may be larger than expected. use only when necessary."
     }
 }

src/modules/pageRender/page.js

@@ -327,6 +327,16 @@ export default function(obj) {
                         padding: "no-margin"
                     }])
                 })
+                + settingsCategory({
+                    name: "twitter",
+                    title: "twitter",
+                    body: checkbox([{
+                        action: "twitterGif",
+                        name: t("SettingsTwitterGif"),
+                        padding: "no-margin"
+                    }])
+                    + explanation(t('SettingsTwitterGifDescription'))
+                })
                 + settingsCategory({
                     name: "codec",
                     title: t('SettingsCodecSubtitle'),

src/modules/processing/match.js

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ export default async function(host, patternMatch, url, lang, obj) {
             case "twitter":
                 r = await twitter({
                     id: patternMatch.id,
-                    index: patternMatch.index - 1
+                    index: patternMatch.index - 1,
+                    toGif: obj.twitterGif
                 });
                 break;
             case "vk":
@@ -166,7 +167,11 @@ export default async function(host, patternMatch, url, lang, obj) {
                     : loc(lang, r.error)
             })
 
-        return matchActionDecider(r, host, obj.aFormat, isAudioOnly, lang, isAudioMuted, disableMetadata, obj.filenamePattern)
+        return matchActionDecider(
+            r, host, obj.aFormat, isAudioOnly,
+            lang, isAudioMuted, disableMetadata,
+            obj.filenamePattern, obj.twitterGif
+        )
     } catch (e) {
         return apiJSON(0, { t: genericError(lang, host) })
     }

src/modules/processing/matchActionDecider.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { apiJSON } from "../sub/utils.js";
 import loc from "../../localization/manager.js";
 import createFilename from "./createFilename.js";
 
-export default function(r, host, userFormat, isAudioOnly, lang, isAudioMuted, disableMetadata, filenamePattern) {
+export default function(r, host, userFormat, isAudioOnly, lang, isAudioMuted, disableMetadata, filenamePattern, toGif) {
     let action,
         responseType = 2,
         defaultParams = {
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ export default function(r, host, userFormat, isAudioOnly, lang, isAudioMuted, di
             fileMetadata: !disableMetadata ? r.fileMetadata : false
         },
         params = {},
-        audioFormat = String(userFormat)
+        audioFormat = String(userFormat);
 
     if (r.isPhoto) action = "photo";
     else if (r.picker) action = "picker"
     else if (isAudioMuted) action = "muteVideo";
     else if (isAudioOnly) action = "audio";
     else if (r.isM3U8) action = "singleM3U8";
+    else if (r.isGif && toGif) action = "gif";
     else action = "video";
 
     if (action === "picker" || action === "audio") {
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ export default function(r, host, userFormat, isAudioOnly, lang, isAudioMuted, di
         case "photo":
             responseType = 1;
             break;
+        
+        case "gif":
+            params = { type: "gif" }
+            break;
 
         case "singleM3U8":
             params = { type: "remux" }

src/modules/processing/services/twitter.js

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const requestTweet = (tweetId, token) => {
     })
 }
 
-export default async function({ id, index }) {
+export default async function({ id, index, toGif }) {
     let guestToken = await getGuestToken();
     if (!guestToken) return { error: 'ErrorCouldntFetch' };
 
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ export default async function({ id, index }) {
                 type: needsFixing(media[0]) ? "remux" : "normal",
                 urls: bestQuality(media[0].video_info.variants),
                 filename: `twitter_${id}.mp4`,
-                audioFilename: `twitter_${id}_audio`
+                audioFilename: `twitter_${id}_audio`,
+                isGif: media[0].type === "animated_gif"
             };
         default:
             const picker = media.map((video, i) => {
@@ -120,7 +121,9 @@ export default async function({ id, index }) {
                         service: 'twitter',
                         type: 'remux',
                         u: url,
-                        filename: `twitter_${id}_${i + 1}.mp4`
+                        filename: `twitter_${id}_${i + 1}.mp4`,
+                        isGif: media[0].type === "animated_gif",
+                        toGif: toGif ?? false
                     })
                 }
                 return {

src/modules/stream/stream.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { streamAudioOnly, streamDefault, streamLiveRender, streamVideoOnly } from "./types.js";
+import { streamAudioOnly, streamDefault, streamLiveRender, streamVideoOnly, convertToGif } from "./types.js";
 
 export default async function(res, streamInfo) {
     try {
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ export default async function(res, streamInfo) {
             case "render":
                 await streamLiveRender(streamInfo, res);
                 break;
+            case "gif":
+                convertToGif(streamInfo, res);
+                break;
             case "remux":
             case "mute":
                 streamVideoOnly(streamInfo, res);

src/modules/stream/types.js

@@ -212,3 +212,40 @@ export function streamVideoOnly(streamInfo, res) {
         shutdown();
     }
 }
+
+export function convertToGif(streamInfo, res) {
+    let process;
+    const shutdown = () => (killProcess(process), closeResponse(res));
+
+    try {
+        let args = [
+            '-loglevel', '-8'
+        ]
+        if (streamInfo.service === "twitter") {
+            args.push('-seekable', '0')
+        }
+        args.push('-i', streamInfo.urls)
+        args = args.concat(ffmpegArgs["gif"]);
+        args.push('-f', "gif", 'pipe:3');
+
+        process = spawn(ffmpeg, args, {
+            windowsHide: true,
+            stdio: [
+                'inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit',
+                'pipe'
+            ],
+        });
+
+        const [,,, muxOutput] = process.stdio;
+
+        res.setHeader('Connection', 'keep-alive');
+        res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', contentDisposition(streamInfo.filename.split('.')[0] + ".gif"));
+
+        pipe(muxOutput, res, shutdown);
+
+        process.on('close', shutdown);
+        res.on('finish', shutdown);
+    } catch {
+        shutdown();
+    }
+}

src/modules/sub/utils.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const apiVar = {
         aFormat: ["best", "mp3", "ogg", "wav", "opus"],
         filenamePattern: ["classic", "pretty", "basic", "nerdy"]
     },
-    booleanOnly: ["isAudioOnly", "isNoTTWatermark", "isTTFullAudio", "isAudioMuted", "dubLang", "vimeoDash", "disableMetadata"]
+    booleanOnly: ["isAudioOnly", "isNoTTWatermark", "isTTFullAudio", "isAudioMuted", "dubLang", "vimeoDash", "disableMetadata", "twitterGif"]
 }
 const forbiddenChars = ['}', '{', '(', ')', '\\', '>', '<', '^', '*', '!', '~', ';', ':', ',', '`', '[', ']', '#', '$', '"', "'", "@", '=='];
 const forbiddenCharsString = ['}', '{', '%', '>', '<', '^', ';', '`', '$', '"', "@", '='];
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ export function checkJSONPost(obj) {
         isAudioMuted: false,
         disableMetadata: false,
         dubLang: false,
-        vimeoDash: false
+        vimeoDash: false,
+        twitterGif: false
     }
     try {
         let objKeys = Object.keys(obj);