Animated GIF Frame Timing

Fidelis

I am having frame timing difficulties with animated GIF files. I'll use the following image as an example:

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7625/abcfi1.gif

I used the GIMP to create the above image with a 40ms delay between each frame and a total of 62 frames. When I use the 'Playback' feature in GIMP, the file animates at a relatively fast pace, just as I'd like it to. I then save it to the desktop as an animated GIF. The problem occurs when I view the file in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. The file animates a lot slowler, probably around 100ms or so, similarly in IE and Opera.

I initially thought this was to do with the way I was saving the file, but when I re-open the file with GIMP and use the Playback feature, it plays the image with a 40ms delay time. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any ideas?

Fidelis

It seems to work perfectly in Firefox, I don't know what's up.

Fidelis

Fidelis wrote:

The file animates a lot slowler, probably around 100ms or so, similarly in IE and Opera

Did a bit of searching, apparently IE and Opera cap animated GIFs at around 100ms or so. Whereas Firefox displays the animations true frame delay.

tba

And there we have another reason to use FF