Will Guide 21,325 June 29, 2017 Share June 29, 2017 I recently have tried to use two animated gifs of Thorax from the web to illustrate my points. But when I put them in my posts, they turned completely still, spoiling the effect. Is there a way to fix that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen The Unicorn 484 June 29, 2017 Share June 29, 2017 Hiya @WiiGuy2014 Just to clarify something, are you Copying the Gif and then pasting it in the post? or uploading the gif using the attachments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Guide 21,325 June 29, 2017 Author Share June 29, 2017 5 minutes ago, Frozen The Unicorn said: Hiya @WiiGuy2014 Just to clarify something, are you Copying the Gif and then pasting it in the post? or uploading the gif using the attachments? On my smartphone, I had to download the gif image and then upload it through attachment. On desktop, I just drag a copy of the image and drop it in the post. The image appears, but won't move! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikifive 23,472 June 30, 2017 Share June 30, 2017 Perhaps the file isn't formatted well. Does it work when you're opening them directly on your PC? Windows Media Player is capable of running gifs, though it does it terribly, but good enough for previewing. If it is formatted correctly, then uploading that as an attachment should work. Other than that, if you're copying images/gifs directly from sites, make sure that their link is formatted correctly. For example images should have .png at the end of the link, where gifs .gif. Sometimes images have weird links with random letters and numbers at the end - these seem to not always work properly. You can also try to use external image hosting services, such as Imgur. I use it for a long time and it's doing its job very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fhaolan 4,468 June 30, 2017 Share June 30, 2017 Okay, out of curiosity, what happens if you do the attachment upload on your PC, rather than the drag-and-drop method? Ignoring the smartphone for the moment just to gather more information. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,834 June 30, 2017 Share June 30, 2017 17 hours ago, WiiGuy2014 said: On my smartphone, I had to download the gif image and then upload it through attachment. On desktop, I just drag a copy of the image and drop it in the post. The image appears, but won't move! Can you link us to the threads that have the gif? Can you post it here? Is the source file an actual gif, or a video file (like the type you occasionally find on imgur). If it's the former it should work. The latter it would not auto-play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,834 June 30, 2017 Share June 30, 2017 Example of what I'm talking about http://m.imgur.com/gallery/ERote9l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Guide 21,325 June 30, 2017 Author Share June 30, 2017 1 hour ago, Jeric said: Can you link us to the threads that have the gif? Can you post it here? Is the source file an actual gif, or a video file (like the type you occasionally find on imgur). If it's the former it should work. The latter it would not auto-play. Well, here are the posts where I tried to use a gif. Any more steps I should take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,834 June 30, 2017 Share June 30, 2017 1 hour ago, WiiGuy2014 said: Well, here are the posts where I tried to use a gif. Any more steps I should take? Don't use the attachments system on MLPF. It converts .gifs to .jpg and you see only one image frame. EDIT WAIT! No that isn't it. Ok one is attached one is linked. Did you get any of your gifs from Pinterest? This I found on Pinterest and it is an animated gif. It downloads as a .jpg because of Pinterest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Guide 21,325 June 30, 2017 Author Share June 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jeric said: Don't use the attachments system on MLPF. It converts .gifs to .jpg and you see only one image frame. Becomes Checked after downloading and it was still an animated gif on my phone. Right now, I can't deal with discussing your solution. I'll let you know if your suggested solution works or not a little later! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen The Unicorn 484 July 2, 2017 Share July 2, 2017 @WiiGuy2014 As long as you Download the File, and not just drag/copy it, The Gif should play. Too summerise You're looking and copying a cached version of the images originally made by Google, Pinterest, and other sites. When you copy that, it doesn't hold the animations. When you download the source file, it does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Guide 21,325 July 2, 2017 Author Share July 2, 2017 @Jeric @Frozen The Unicorn Still haven't tried the possible solutions you guys gave me, but I'll let you all know when I find the solution that works 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Guide 21,325 July 2, 2017 Author Share July 2, 2017 While the Gifs tend to be a little big, I did managed to save them as a gif file and got them to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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