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Video cheaper than animated gif?
by jordache 6y ago
Video cheaper than animated gif?
- entropicdrifter 6y agoYeah, lower bandwidth requirements and most computers/all smartphones have dedicated video decoding hardware, especially for h264.
- prophesi 6y agoHinted at with lower bandwidth requirements, but the biggest win with video is their stellar compression. GIFs store every single color value, which is why they get so huge so quick.
- adrusi 6y agoGIFs use run length encoding, which usually makes them quite good for pixelly art, but not when you apply a bunch of vfx.
- app4soft 6y agoYep. For example, here is Fill's GIFs site[0], where comic animation on pages represented as video instead of GIF.[1] ... <video autoplay="" loop="" muted=""> <source src="/video/aa3d713c20ba03cc3f87b36e9a947857.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> ... [0] https://fill.com.ua/ https://fill.com.ua/ [1] https://fill.com.ua/gif/zagostrennya https://fill.com.ua/gif/zagostrennya