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Re: Why are GIFs used instead of looping videos?

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OperaMini is not online. OperaMini
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20 May 2013 08:36 PM
Looping video in HTML5:

<⬛video width="640" height="480" autoplay="autoplay" loop="true">
<⬛source src="videofile.webm" type=video/webm" />
<⬛source src="videofile.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
<⬛source src="videofile.ogg" type="video/ogg" />
Your browser does not support the video tag.
<⬛/video>

A 640x480 video looping, and checking if either webm, mp4 or ogg work to display the video

Remove the ⬛s

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20 May 2013 08:36 PM
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20 May 2013 08:37 PM
Takes up less space
Can be viewed without flash
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OperaMini is not online. OperaMini
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20 May 2013 08:38 PM
@smelly

nope

search "looping html5 video" on google

you just have to link to a video

there must be at least one site that loops videos

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20 May 2013 08:39 PM
"Takes up less space
Can be viewed without flash"

all two lines in your post are wrong

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OperaMini is not online. OperaMini
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20 May 2013 08:39 PM
GIFs always takes ages to load compared to a video

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20 May 2013 08:40 PM
Also, older browsers (some people still use them) don't support HTML5. Space concerns too. A GIF takes up less space.
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20 May 2013 08:42 PM
"Also, older browsers (some people still use them) don't support HTML5."

>implying that people who wouldn't update things would even care about GIFs

"Space concerns too. A GIF takes up less space."

Nope.

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20 May 2013 08:46 PM
I'm almost certain a gif will take up less space than a video file.

And to whoever brought up compatibilty, you could use if statements to make it that browsers that don't support it show a gif instead.
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20 May 2013 08:48 PM
"I'm almost certain a gif will take up less space than a video file."

google

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20 May 2013 08:52 PM
@opera
you can find people supporting every argument ever on google. not that I don't believe you but it's not very helpful.

if that's the case I don't really understand it either.
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20 May 2013 08:52 PM
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an example (replace the @ with a .)
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20 May 2013 08:58 PM
If I understand the article, people started using gifs more because flash got too bloated. But with HTML5 this shouldn't be a problem and it should subside.

I guess it's mainly because people are used to gifs now and don't know about this sort of thing. That's no excuse for web developers though.
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20 May 2013 08:59 PM
so you can use them on an internet forum that allows bbcode you idiot

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20 May 2013 09:00 PM
@sand

they're used everywhere

and tumblr limits gif sizes to 999KB

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20 May 2013 09:01 PM
also, if you can't load a ,gif, you have a crappy computer

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20 May 2013 09:01 PM
noedit: .gif*

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20 May 2013 09:02 PM
try making a gif from a video (or taking a gif and the video that it comes from) and comparing the file sizes

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20 May 2013 09:03 PM
"if you can't load a ,gif"

no one talked about not being able to load gifs

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20 May 2013 09:03 PM
@Opera
in tumblr's case I think it's more because of the arbitrary content submission limits they have.
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20 May 2013 09:04 PM
"GIFs always takes ages to load compared to a video"

i don't see any other way to interpret this

opera, i've noticed a continuous trend in you pretending you know things about electronics/technology. i really don't know what you've been trying to pull off, but you are extremely ignorant. you really need to do some research before posting

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20 May 2013 09:05 PM
"opera, i've noticed a continuous trend in you pretending you know things about electronics/technology. i really don't know what you've been trying to pull off, but you are extremely ignorant. you really need to do some research before posting"

wot u talk 'bout

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OperaMini is not online. OperaMini
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20 May 2013 09:09 PM
does anyone have proof of gifs being smaller than videos while showing the same thing?

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20 May 2013 10:55 PM
I'm the only one that posted in this thread and is still online.

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21 May 2013 03:32 PM
Because GIFs are the standard in internet memeology.
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