Bug#801245: /usr/bin/avconv: video conversion to single frame gifs ends up in drugged output

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Package: libav-tools
Version: 6:11.4-1~deb8u1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/avconv

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
	Converting a video to single frames with the command 'avconv -i
	inputvideo.mov out%04d.gif'	
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
		 converting a video in mjpeg format to gif with the abovementioned command 
		 ends up in unusable single frames. using out%04d.png works
   * What was the outcome of this action? 
		distorted/unusable single frames
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
		undistorted single frames of the video


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: armhf, i386

Kernel: Linux 4.2-2.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages libav-tools depends on:
ii  dpkg             1.17.25
ii  libavcodec56     6:11.4-1~deb8u1
ii  libavdevice55    6:11.4-1~deb8u1
ii  libavfilter5     6:11.4-1~deb8u1
ii  libavformat56    6:11.4-1~deb8u1
ii  libavresample2   6:11.4-1~deb8u1
ii  libavutil54      6:11.4-1~deb8u1
ii  libc6            2.19-18+deb8u1
ii  libsdl1.2debian  1.2.15-10+b1
ii  libswscale3      6:11.4-1~deb8u1
ii  libvdpau1        0.8-3+deb8u1
ii  libx11-6         2:1.6.2-3

libav-tools recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libav-tools suggests:
pn  frei0r-plugins  <none>

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