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4Chan allows .webm format, world rejoices

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chadboban

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Get on this GAF, NOW!!

The MK8 thread would kill for this!
 

Vanillalite

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I've heard that it doesn't work on iOS in general.

Works fine on my Nexus 5 though.

That's because all "web browsers" on iOS have to based on Safari. They are more UI changes with some added features than a different back end as that's not allowed.
 
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This is pretty damn insane. Its a shame Safari and Chrome on iOS don't really support this yet.
 

Tmac

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NeoGAF really needs to adopt WebM/HTML5. It's something I've been pondering recently.

gyfcat.com does a great job of converting gifs to HTML5 videos with no audio.

Look at this GIF:

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GIF Version: 4.5 MB
HTML 5 Version: 286 KB

View HTML5 version here: http://gfycat.com/about

GIFs are resource heavy and outdated.

GIF Version had better quality.

Less image artifacts, smoother playback and so on.

There's no point in having a xxx times lighter filesize if the quality isnt better.
 

Oppo

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GIFs are crazy heavy. They are RLE so good for solid colours but video? nah, terrible. Thought people knew this.

I browse mobile GAF with GIFs turned off because people will routinely load up 20 MB of GIFs just to make some dumb celebratory point.

H.264 is even more efficient, FYI. WebM ain't that special. It's basically baseline profile H.264 compression.
 
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Also that cat is in the right. Self defense. Case closed.
 

Reversed

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Let's not forget the play, pause, speed choices that appear by right clicking.

Bye bye gif, you 27 year old bastard. :)
 

Elija2

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The ones hosted on 4chan aren't automatically repeating for me on Firefox.

But yeah, these are amazing. I hope they replace gifs soon.
 

Watevaman

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Why aren't these playing for me in Firefox? It says video format or MIME type is not supported if I click on them and if I middle click (to open in a new tab for example) it prompts me to download the webm file.
 

double jump

you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
this sorcery makes no sense to me. I need mf buttons son.
I will play around until I get it.
 

Oppo

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Goddamn. That cat would be out on the streets in 2 seconds if that was my boy. Fuck that thing.

sry for the editorializing.

maybe you should consider that the kid learned a valuable lesson about not beating animals? i thought the cat let him off easy ;)

simiarl thing happened to my aunt's kids (just a bit older boys then the GIF) and she was all like, well, they were doing something dumb and got scratched.
 
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