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How do you embed GIFs within Lemmy? (self.lemmy_support)

submitted 2 weeks ago by GlassHalfHopeful to c/[email protected]

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I rarely post memes, especially animated ones. But on occasion, they are absolutely necessary.

Thing is, I've only ever figured out how to do it… maybe once? How on earth do we embed gifs or mp4s within comments and posts?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Any time I've tried uploading them, they are converted to jpg files. The only way I've been able to include them is by referencing images that are already hosted somewhere.

For reference, the way to include an image is:

![alt text](http://link.to/image.gif)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

![](http://link.to/image.gif)

This also works if you don't have alt text.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Any time I've tried uploading them, they are converted to jpg files. The only way I've been able to include them is by referencing images that are already hosted somewhere.

I know that some instances have server-end logic in place to downscale uploaded images, or convert GIFs to WEBP, etc to reduce file size. I wouldn't be surprised if your instance just converts all GIFs to a static JPG for some reason.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So thaattttssss how! Thank you!

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[–] GlassHalfHopeful 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Shucks. So itty bitty in Boost.

But good enough for me until lay get better integration. Weee!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, in Eternity, they show up as thumbnails and you have to click them to see them properly. Better than nothing, though!

Note that I've had some issues with images from some hosts not showing up, but the "big" ones (e.g., giphy) seem fine.