"Rick Potion No. 9" (Rick and Morty, Season 1, Episode 6) is a landmark piece of animation. It features rapid-fire visual gags, neon sci-fi palettes, and a sudden, dark shift in reality. Managing, backing up, or clip-editing this specific episode requires precision. FFmpeg is the ultimate command-line tool for the job. It offers the exact control needed to handle the episode’s unique visual and audio profile.
To convert a 5-second clip starting at 00:10:20 into a 480-pixel wide GIF: rick and morty s01e06 ffmpeg
ffmpeg -ss 00:20:15 -t 5 -i rick_and_morty_s01e06.mkv -vf "fps=15,scale=480:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen" -y palette.png ffmpeg -ss 00:20:15 -t 5 -i rick_and_morty_s01e06.mkv -i palette.png -filter_complex "fps=15,scale=480:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" look_at_the_sky.gif Use code with caution. How This Works: "Rick Potion No