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Is there a way to embed a gif into a comment on Lemmy? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I know how to add a picture but I was hoping there was a way to add a gif.

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[–] 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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    • [–] 15 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    I know how to add a picture

    GIFs are no different. It’s a very size-intensive format, though, and Lemmy will reject files over a certain size.

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    • [–] 9 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    I can't ever seem to get it to work πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

    I might just be dumb.

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    • [–] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

    ![](External URL of the Gif)

    Works even with giphy, in my experience (browser only)

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    [–] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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    • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    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.

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    • [+] [S] 1 point 3 days ago
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    [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (1 child)

    turk from scrubs dancing Attempt one.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    ![turk from scrubs dancing ](https://giphy.com/gifs/L6NEFYDhB7o7S)

    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:

    ![](https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyeDJlenVhbmVjb2c5dzZ4d2I4eWhodTRtNmMzNHc3aXl2bzByOXdicCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/L6NEFYDhB7o7S/giphy.gif)

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    • [–] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 child)

    (Boop)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Same way I link an image. *Voyager client

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    touche.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

    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

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