I’m doing some testing to see what the best format / upload site is.

.gif file, 7.24MB, uploaded to giphy.com

Desktop

web:
Thumbnail? yes, Loads in post? yes, Loop? yes
alexandrite:
Thumbnail? no, Loads in post? no, Loop? yes (on click-through to external site)
photon:
Thumbnail? yes, Loads in post? yes, Loop? yes

Mobile

sync:
Thumbnail? no, Loads in post? yes, Loop? yes
voyager:
Thumbnail? yes, Loads in post? yes, Loop? yes
connect:
Thumbnail? yes, Loads in post? yes, Loop? yes
liftoff:
Thumbnail? yes, Loads in post? yes, Loop? yes
jerboa:
Thumbnail? no, Loads in post? no, Loop? yes (on click-through to external site)

I don’t have access to every front-end and mobile app available. Please share your experiences with whatever it is you use. Thanks.

(gif is from the film Bottoms, btw)

  • Hawke@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Memmy: thumbnail, yes; loads in post, yes; loop, yes.

    Not sure it’s technically a thumbnail since it looks the same, but it does load, display, and loop at the main scrolling view.

    • freamon@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for the info. (Buy, yeah, the distinction between these things can feel a bit arbitrary for mobile apps)

  • Madlaine@feddit.deEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    [BUG] Opening the clip doesnt work

    While the preview/thumbnail is played without any problems, clicking on it leads to a “Content not available”

    Device information

    Sync version: v23.09.13-18:19    
Sync flavor: googlePlay    

View type: Slides    
Push enabled: false    

Device: a53x    
Model: samsung SM-A536B    
Android: 13
    • freamon@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m typing this using Sync and get the same. I wonder what Sync is doing that other clients aren’t. I’ll have a look at their GitHub and see if it’s already been reported as a bug.

    • freamon@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Aha. I’ve just found the ‘auto-play gifs’ setting in Jerboa, which means it plays in the post now!

    • freamon@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks. I hadn’t heard of Thunder. But I’ve downloaded it now, and will use it for future testing.

  • Anony Moose@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for this detailed research 😍 can confirm the thumbnail doesn’t load on Alexandrite, and I need to click through to see the gif.

    • freamon@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks. I’ve only found Tesseract via db0, but I’ll be able to use that for future tests