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Embedding gifv, mp4, and webm

  • 15-09-2016 3:02pm
    #1
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭


    So, an old fashioned gif I can embed like this:
    giphy.gif

    And youtube we can kind of embed like this (though it's stuck in a frame, doesn't load overly well, and has to be manually told to play):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ-QLl5qjLg


    But when it comes to more modern replacements for gifs like the gifv format imgur uses, or the webm gify uses (like this - the same file would be ten times larger if it was a traditional gif) there doesn't seem to be any way to embed that I can see.

    Is there any way to do so, and if not, is it possible we could get that functionality? It don't imagine it should be too complicated. It would be super useful for the gaming forums where people like share short clips from games.


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  • #2
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,818 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Moved to Help Desk as this forum is for site Feedback only.

    tHB


  • #3
    Taltos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,830 ✭✭✭✭Taltos


    Hmm

    AchingWhimsicalBubblefish-size_restricted.gif


  • #4
    Taltos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,830 ✭✭✭✭Taltos


    When I opened your link I could see an option for GIF down the bottom which provided me with the full URL that we needed to end in gif
    https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AchingWhimsicalBubblefish-size_restricted.gif

    I have seen some that end in gifv for direct links and found that they'd work here when you just drop the V and embed in the IMG terminators.


  • #5
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,758 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    They're not supported, and have been requested for years. Given that the tech staff abandoned the site dev forum, and thus feature requests years ago, there's little hope of them being added.


  • #6
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Taltos wrote: »
    Hmm

    AchingWhimsicalBubblefish-size_restricted.gif
    Taltos wrote: »
    When I opened your link I could see an option for GIF down the bottom which provided me with the full URL that we needed to end in gif
    https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AchingWhimsicalBubblefish-size_restricted.gif

    I have seen some that end in gifv for direct links and found that they'd work here when you just drop the V and embed in the IMG terminators.

    Uh, yes but that's a horrible, low quality, low framerate version, compared to the original high def, 60fps webm.
    Spear wrote: »
    They're not supported, and have been requested for years. Given that the tech staff abandoned the site dev forum, and thus feature requests years ago, there's little hope of them being added.

    That's a shame.


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