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Issue #1
Gifs from gfycat can be processed. More than half of the site's content uses these gifs.
- Dmitry
- According to:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#6-8-2-videos-from-unsupported-players
You should make <iframe> version first and only then if you can't - get source link.
I'm pretty sure Telegram will support gfycat's <iframe> out of box soon.
And for example here: http://ahnegao.com.br/2017/02/resumo-do-que-rolou-no-oscar-2017.html
your template gets low fps and low resolution (252x251 instead of 387x385) version.
- Accepted by admin
- The quoted section of the checklist is dedicated to videos, not GIFs. We prefer iframes for videos because each video embedded directly into the page must be below 20mb. This rule doesn't hold for GIFs, since their size almost never exceeds the 20 mb limit. We will update the checklist to clarify this.
Template #28 handles the GIFs on these pages reasonably well.
- Dmitry
- Please, reconsider your decision.
gfycat.com is the short video hosting first of all. Every link they generate includes a GIF file, but they pick the best format user browser can view and most of the videos are served in mp4 (or webp) format.
mp4 has a lot of benefits over a gif such as size (important for mobiles), colors (gif has only 256 color palette), streaming and ability to control playback (pause).
Please, kindly check this page: ahnegao.com.br/?p=96376
mp4 version of the video has 100 fps (!!!), 640x386 res for only 1.18 MiB size.
gif version from the template #28 has total (!) 89 frames in 12s movie, 447x250 res, poor colors for 3.76 MiB (!).
There is a noticeable quality loss and user will get bad expirience.
I think this can not be considered as a solution for the perfect template.
GFYCAT is currently ranks within the top 74 in the US (Alexa) with over 80 million monthly active users.
I think these videos should NOT be presented as gifs and eventually Telegram should support iframe version.
- Accepted by admin
- MP4 GIFs don't require iframe support either: they should well fit within the <video> limits, so you can simply use <video> instead of <img> for them. Template #28 could be improved in this direction too, since it uses <img> for such GIFs, but it is a better approach than to use iframes and support no GIFs at all. Thank you for your comment, we'll consider improving the docs for future cases to make it more clear how GIFs can be handled, but this issue is accepted correctly.
- Type of issue
- IV not generated for target page
- Reported
- Jun 16, 2017