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Is that true? What kind of encoding are we talking about?

• nwh 13y ago
  https://mediacru.sh/ https://mediacru.sh/ was on the front page a day or so ago, it grabs GIFs and re-encodes them into video (MP4 and OGGv). The results are much smaller and, in my local experimentation, are much, much faster to render than the original files. There's some technical details at https://mediacru.sh/demo https://mediacru.sh/demo . Draw your own conclusions, but that's how I have experienced it.
  • jodrellblank 13y ago
    The gif loaded and played seamlessly. The video was a placeholder which loaded a full screen QuickTime window that delayed for 5-10 seconds then played. Claim "gifs are still the simplest way to show short video clips on the web." agreed.
    • nwh 13y ago
      I'm assuming you're using Chrome. Chrome delays the loading of <video> tags until after <image> ones. It's mentioned on the page I linked to.
      • jodrellblank 13y ago
        No, mobile Safari.