Mr. Zoo
Video -> Premiere / FCP + GIF Maker

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Sling decks.
Farm Aura.

Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 26 or later.

Introducing
Mr. Zoo

A nimble application to capture and encode videos or Gifs on demand.

What Makes Mr. Zoo So Special?

Video Downloader

Mr. Zoo goes for the biggest picture the site has, up to 4K and 8K, at its best frame rate, with the best sound to go with it.

Hit LFG and Mr. Zoo takes the video from the page you have open in your browser, or the link you just copied. The first time, macOS asks to let Mr. Zoo control your browser. Say Allow.

Every download is encoded for you, ready for Premiere Pro or Final Cut. No second app, no converting by hand.

Don't need 4K? Flip on Limit 1080P. A minute of 4K60 ProRes runs about 12 GB; at 1080p it's about a quarter of that and converts in less than half the time.

Updates from various streamers will cause the engine to fall apart. This menu option allows the user to force check for updates to remedy the situation faster than Mr. Zoo would normally pick it up.

Gif Capture

Drag the lion onto anything playing, on any site or in any app, and Mr. Zoo finds the video box by itself. Adjust the capture window if you want a different crop.

The GIF maker is calibrated for Google Slides: it uses the most frames per second that still fits under Slides' 50 MB limit, so the GIF drops straight into a deck.