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I was curious about this too and thought it must be a massive GIF. However it's not actually a GIF, it's an MP4 video[1], I wonder why it's mislabelled as a GIF
by cube00 4y ago
I was curious about this too and thought it must be a massive GIF. However it's not actually a GIF, it's an MP4 video[1], I wonder why it's mislabelled as a GIF.
[1]: https://video.twimg.com/tweet_video/FV3mdpEXoAIrkA1.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/tweet_video/FV3mdpEXoAIrkA1.mp4
- hgazx 4y agoCalling videos without an audio track “gifs” has been done for years now.
- throwamon 4y agoOr, more precisely, crippled video players where you can't even rewind.
- mintplant 4y agoYep. Imgur's GIFV [0] from 2014 is the earliest mainstream example I know of. In the cultural consciousness, a "GIF" represents a particular medium and form factor, which has become decoupled from its namesake file format to deliver the same experience more efficiently. [0] https://blog.imgur.com/2014/10/09/introducing-gifv/ https://blog.imgur.com/2014/10/09/introducing-gifv/
- aendruk 4y agoMy favorite solution to this is to use GIF for the 90s encoding scheme and gif for this newer lax meaning. Then while we’re at it, settle the pronunciation debate by picking a different one for each.
- ChrisArchitect 4y agoah, yes, I see, it's the no-audio that made it a 'GIF'. Fair enough. But annoying because it automatically removes seek and pause options if it assumes it's a GIF. doh.
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