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Re: Making GIFs From Video Files With Python

#41

Post by daliusd » Sun, Jan 26, 2014, 8:16 AM UTC

sehugg wrote: post #23

w1ntermute wrote: post #4

Please use silent HTML5 videos instead of animated GIFs wherever possible. They are much more bandwidth- and CPU-efficient. This site allows you to automatically upload/convert animated GIFs into that format: http://gfycat.com/ The links allow you to see the animated GIFs as well, if viewer's device doesn't support HTML5.

One nice thing about GIF is that the format is not patent-encumbered. Same goes for MPEG-1.

WebM seems to avoid all the problems related to patents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebM).

Re: Making GIFs From Video Files With Python

#42

Post by sehugg » Sun, Jan 26, 2014, 3:49 PM UTC

daliusd wrote: post #41

sehugg wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One nice thing about GIF is that the format is not patent-encumbered. Same goes for MPEG-1.

WebM seems to avoid all the problems related to patents ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebM ).