So I had a clip I wanted to upload to a lemmy comment:
- Tried it as an (avc) mp4… Failed.
- OK, too big? I shrink it to 2MB, then 1MB. Failed.
- VP9 Webm maybe? 2MB, 1MB, failed. AV1? Failed.
- OK, fine, no video. Lets try an animated AVIF. Failed. It seems lemmy doesn’t even take static AVIF images
- WebP animation then… Failed. Animated PNG, failed.
End result, I have to burden the server with a massive, crappy looking GIF after trying a dozen formats. With all due respect, this is worse than some aging service like Reddit that doesn’t support new media formats.
For reference, I’m using the web interface. Is this just a format restriction of lemmy.world, or an underlying software support issue?
For reference, here’s an example
A quick VP9 webm video, 1920x1080, 2.8MB: https://files.catbox.moe/l5yvor.webm
A smaller webm, 1920x1080, 1.1 MB and still looks fine: https://files.catbox.moe/foodzx.webm
The GIF. 400x225, 12FPS, 5.6MB, optimized as best I can yet looks like a can of spam. But it’s what Lemmy would take:
Is this from Avatar?
Yeah, Book 3 of The Legend of Korra. That whole season is solid gold.
A longer clip with sound: https://files.catbox.moe/8z5ggp.webm