Anyone successfully uploaded and run an animated GIF?

[BobL]

I can tell my gif is animated as it runs in a vanilla browser window.

When I upload it using the forum image uploader - its about 1 min long and 2.5Mb - it only uploads the first frame.
Maybe there's a size limit involved?

Any ideas?

Thanks

[BobL]

I've found out GIFs are limited to 1.9Mb so I down sized the animated gif to 1.7Mb but still no luck - it still just loads the first image.

[woodPixel]

469509

[woodPixel]

Tested. Its the forum.

Rather than point to the actual GIF itself, it is pointing the image through a PHP redirection script: https://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=469509&d=1583288740&thumb=1

This means the browser is unaware it is actually a GIF as it doesn't have the right headers (says its a HTML)

If one clicks the image (of cute octo!) it pulls it up as an "actual" image and it behaves.

I could fix this in the script, but I dont run the forum :)

IF the forum admin should choose to do so, they could remove the &thumb=1 and constrain the image with a SIZE="" attribute. This would then animate.

e.g. https://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=469509


edit: Cant readily be done. The input box doesnt allow one to put raw HTML, php or even a javascript. There is a vBulletin mod called GIPHY that will do it, but its inelegant. IF the forum were nice, it would provide a direct path to the image rather than run it via their PHP script? ;) ;) ..... orrrrr mod the "thunb" attribute....i.e. chop it off :) :)

edit 2: it is do-able. See below.

[warrick]

https://media1.tenor.com/images/6a5ee4b1ab4b4bf4f0b7aa4d08d51a28/tenor.gif?itemid=8862861https://tenor.com/view/snoopy-christmass-dance-gif-8862861https://tenor.com/view/snoopy-christmass-dance-gif-8862861

[woodPixel]

If the forum modifies only two tags it can be done easily.

Here is a highlight showing it working, on the forum, with a small edit to the burped up HTML.


https://youtu.be/D5wsivyYAeM

[woodPixel]

Ah ha!

Insert image, use dialogue from Remote URL, then untick box.

Image needs to be inserted from remote server.... or does it...... what if I upload it first!!!!

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This image is on DUCKDUCKGO's mirror archive....


https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net%2Fproject_modules%2Fdisp%2Fcdba9817085171.562b56f8b69cd.gif&f=1&nofb=1



and this one is hosted on the forum, after uploading it as you would normally (Manage Attachments below)

https://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=469509


TRA DA!!!!!! Hosted on the forum AND showing as an animated GIF.

Wowsers!

[warrick]

https://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/snoopy-happy-dance-animated-gif-2.gif

[warrick]

That wasn't the way I did it

image web address

It must do the same thing

Rick

[BobL]

and this one is hosted on the forum, after uploading it as you would normally (Manage Attachments below)



OK I downloaded your image and then reposted (1.07mB) using manage attachments, it and it works.
But when I upload mine (1.7Mb) the same way it doesn't - it only uploads the first frame (37kB)


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My image is generated by LICEcap and then taken through GIMP and saved as a animated GIF
It runs fine in a web browser when I load it directly.

[woodPixel]

It claims, in that images header, to be a JPG.

[BobL]

Interesting it's sitting on my HD as a GIF and the forum upload converts it to a jpg??

I can also see its a jpg in the "Manage Attachments"

Now I can't even load any of them?

[warrick]

Try uploading it to Imgur and using the BBcode to share in a post


Rick

[BobL]

Thanks Warrick - that seems to be working - but why the hell doesn't it work with the WWF upload?

I'll have to refine the timings so that all the solar panels show power

https://i.imgur.com/ecbjYH6.gif