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Broken on Jerboa mobile
Works for me? Also on Jerboa mobile.
I know how to add a picture
GIFs are no different. Itβs a very size-intensive format, though, and Lemmy will reject files over a certain size.
That's good to know. Thanks.
Yeah, exactly the same way to add a picture.
It just seems to be slightly buggy, need to try multiple times with pictures/gifs that have been on the device for longer time. No issues with pictures that i just downloaded.
I can't ever seem to get it to work π€·ββοΈ
I might just be dumb.
I'm viewing the gifs here on Eternity client
Different app maybe? I'm using jerboa.
How are you trying to do it? Are you using an "insert image" button or something in Lemmy, or are you manually typing out  or whatever in the text box?
Works even with giphy, in my experience (browser only)
I did that in Jerboa, and can see it and other GIFs by clicking the thumbnail.
Well that's a wonderful gif.
It's my favourite. I came across it years ago.
You need to host the gif on another site like pixelfed, I think. Or imgur. Something like that.and use the input link icon when posting the comment.
catbox.moe works too. Although files uploaded anonymously that have not had a download/hit in over 2 years will be removed from Catbox.. which is weird that was not the default since the beginning considering they're not like other image hosting sites size and funding.
Iβve always positioned Catbox as βa filehost that keeps your files until the heat death of the universeβ
(from here)
its just because the bro running the service is some based datahoarder
hardcore datahoarders are something else. And a boon when they share it
Worth noting that Imgur links look like this in the UK (possibly elsewhere too?) They work if you use a VPN though.
(Boop)
Same way I link an image. *Voyager client
Looking at the source of your comment, that's WEBM in MP4 clothing.
ETA Media Info:
General Complete name : img_E009A241FEE37525183350662ED905D0E523DA78D6F777D498512F880D968DCF.mp4 Format : WebM Format version : Version 2 File size : 80.6 KiB Duration : 1 s 500 ms Overall bit rate : 440 kb/s Frame rate : 10.000 FPS Writing application : Lavf60.16.100 Writing library : Lavf60.16.100 FileExtension_Invalid : webm Conformance warnings : Yes General compliance : File name extension is not expected for this file format (actual mp4, expected webm)
Video ID : 1 Format : VP9 Format profile : 0 Codec ID : V_VP9 Duration : 1 s 500 ms Bit rate : 416 kb/s Width : 444 pixels Height : 222 pixels Display aspect ratio : 2.000 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 10.000 FPS Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.422 Stream size : 76.2 KiB (94%) Writing library : Lavc60.31.102 libvpx-vp9 Default : Yes Forced : No Color range : Limited
touche.
Huh, I don't know where to find the metadata like you did, @WhoIz. This one was for sure a .gif file.
I see a static frame of the gif in the comment and then click on it to fill screen and see the gif do it's gif thing. *Still on Voyager client
That URL there is not the GIF file itself. That URL points to a web page that displays the file when you visit the page in a web browser. But to embed an image in a Lemmy comment, you need to refrerence the actual image file itself.
Notice that the end of the URL below actually is .gif. That is a URL to the actual GIF file itself, not a URL to a web page.
This is the most direct link I could find to that GIF, which just looks big and unwieldy, but does seem to display here alright:
Third time's the charm!
IT HAD A STUPID TITLE BEFORE THE HTTP THAT RUINED EVERYTHING
Well dang idk.