Can ffmpeg read gif image(s)?

Question

I have a lot of similar gif images and I want to make a movie in that way:

ffmpeg -i img%06d.gif -c:v libx264 mymovie.mp4

If all images are JPEG everything works fine. But GIFs are stuck with message:

img%06d.gif: No such file or directory
Conversion failed!

Is it possible to process gifs with ffmpeg?

There is about 30 GB of gifs so conversion to jpeg isn't an option.

---

Yep. Another case is solved.

ffmpeg treat GIFs as movies, not a single images. Always. Therefore we have to concat videostreams instead of batching the frames. Here is the solution:

ffmpeg -f concat -i filelist.txt -c:v libx264 mymovie.mp4

filelist.txt accordingly to the ffmpeg manual should be the next format:

# some comment
file '/path/img000001.gif'
file '/path/img000002.gif'
file '/path/img000003.gif'
. . . . .

Answer 1

ffmpeg treat GIFs as movies, not a single images. Always. Therefore we have to concat videostreams instead of batching the frames. Here is the solution:

ffmpeg -f concat -i filelist.txt -c:v libx264 mymovie.mp4

filelist.txt accordingly to the ffmpeg manual should be the next format:

# some comment
file '/path/img000001.gif'
file '/path/img000002.gif'
file '/path/img000003.gif'
. . . . .