I know how to add a picture but I was hoping there was a way to add a gif.

(Boop)

Same way I link an image. *Voyager client

You need to host the gif on another site like pixelfed, I think. Or imgur. Something like that.and use the input link icon when posting the comment.

Looking at the source of your comment, that's WEBM in MP4 clothing.

ETA Media Info:

General
Complete name : img_E009A241FEE37525183350662ED905D0E523DA78D6F777D498512F880D968DCF.mp4
Format : WebM
Format version : Version 2
File size : 80.6 KiB
Duration : 1 s 500 ms
Overall bit rate : 440 kb/s
Frame rate : 10.000 FPS
Writing application : Lavf60.16.100
Writing library : Lavf60.16.100
FileExtension_Invalid : webm
Conformance warnings : Yes
General compliance : File name extension is not expected for this file format (actual mp4, expected webm)

Video
ID : 1
Format : VP9
Format profile : 0
Codec ID : V_VP9
Duration : 1 s 500 ms
Bit rate : 416 kb/s
Width : 444 pixels
Height : 222 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.000
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 10.000 FPS
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.422
Stream size : 76.2 KiB (94%)
Writing library : Lavc60.31.102 libvpx-vp9
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited

touche.

Huh, I don't know where to find the metadata like you did, @WhoIz. This one was for sure a .gif file.

I see a static frame of the gif in the comment and then click on it to fill screen and see the gif do it's gif thing. *Still on Voyager client

MediaInfo.

Currently using Summit, and it displays inline.

![](External URL of the Gif)

Works even with giphy, in my experience (browser only)

I know how to add a picture

GIFs are no different. It’s a very size-intensive format, though, and Lemmy will reject files over a certain size.

Yeah, exactly the same way to add a picture.

It just seems to be slightly buggy, need to try multiple times with pictures/gifs that have been on the device for longer time. No issues with pictures that i just downloaded.

catbox.moe works too. Although files uploaded anonymously that have not had a download/hit in over 2 years will be removed from Catbox.. which is weird that was not the default since the beginning considering they're not like other image hosting sites size and funding.

I can't ever seem to get it to work 🤷‍♂️

I might just be dumb.

That's good to know. Thanks.

Worth noting that Imgur links look like this in the UK (possibly elsewhere too?) They work if you use a VPN though.

Attempt one.

I’ve always positioned Catbox as “a filehost that keeps your files until the heat death of the universe”

(from here)

its just because the bro running the service is some based datahoarder

Different app maybe? I'm using jerboa.

I'm viewing the gifs here on Eternity client

How are you trying to do it? Are you using an "insert image" button or something in Lemmy, or are you manually typing out ![](https://example.com/image.gif) or whatever in the text box?

![turk from scrubs dancing ](https://giphy.com/gifs/L6NEFYDhB7o7S)

That URL there is not the GIF file itself. That URL points to a web page that displays the file when you visit the page in a web browser. But to embed an image in a Lemmy comment, you need to refrerence the actual image file itself.

Notice that the end of the URL below actually is .gif. That is a URL to the actual GIF file itself, not a URL to a web page.

This is the most direct link I could find to that GIF, which just looks big and unwieldy, but does seem to display here alright:

![](https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyeDJlenVhbmVjb2c5dzZ4d2I4eWhodTRtNmMzNHc3aXl2bzByOXdicCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/L6NEFYDhB7o7S/giphy.gif)

Well dang idk.

IT HAD A STUPID TITLE BEFORE THE HTTP THAT RUINED EVERYTHING

Third time's the charm!

I did that in Jerboa, and can see it and other GIFs by clicking the thumbnail.

hardcore datahoarders are something else. And a boon when they share it

Well that's a wonderful gif.

It's my favourite. I came across it years ago.