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?

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        1 year ago

        You generally can embed them the same way as you would a gif with the ![](url) format

        That’s how I just embedded this mp4. ![](https://files.catbox.moe/ppcrz0.mp4) Works fine on desktop/web, is a bit broken for phone apps, depending on the app.