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]

external-content.duckduckgo.com.gif

[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/attac...288740&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/attac...hmentid=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]

[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.

[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!!!!

Capture.JPG

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






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




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

Wowsers!

[warrick]

[warrick]

That wasn't the way I did it

[img]image web address [/img]

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)


external-content.duckduckgo.com.gif Run2w.jpg

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