GIF attachments are not animated in topic

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GIF attachments are not animated in topic

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so basically its what title says gifs dont play in topics , how do i fix this i searched a lot and i didnt found anything
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Re: GIF attachments are not animated in topic

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Does it work on here.... yep
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Re: GIF attachments are not animated in topic

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KevC wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:35 am Does it work on here.... yep
[img]https://www.galvanizeaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Wow-gif.gif[/img]

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Re: GIF attachments are not animated in topic

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i dont see what are you trying to say , i also my users dont embed gifs from third party sites , they are directly uploaded to my server
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Re: GIF attachments are not animated in topic

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I just wanted to know if it worked to help rule out browser or extension related issues.

You're trying to get an attachment to animate? If so that's a whole different thing I suspect. Or can they not just embed from your own link?
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KevC wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:57 am I just wanted to know if it worked to help rule out browser or extension related issues.

You're trying to get an attachment to animate? If so that's a whole different thing I suspect. Or can they not just embed from your own link?
look i dont want it to animate , i want it to play like it plays here so gif to be working gif that has moving pictures instead of just static thumbnail
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KevC wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:57 am I just wanted to know if it worked to help rule out browser or extension related issues.

You're trying to get an attachment to animate? If so that's a whole different thing I suspect. Or can they not just embed from your own link?
sorry how to be embeded from my link when they upload them as attachment directly to forum
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Re: GIF attachments are not animated in topic

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Very well from my exploration now i came to conclusion that

phpbb will play/animate gifs that are smaller resolution

phpbb will not play/animate gifs that are bigger resolution

here im talking about gifs that are directly uploaded to board NOT EMBEDED!!!!

I dont want users to embed third party links of gifs


so now i wonder where could i edit code thats responsible for gifs and their size limit.
or best if i could make it to show gifs in true size and set some maximum resolution maybe 2k

can anyone point me please
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Re: GIF attachments are not animated in topic

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Adding this , so gifs i tested

one i got to work is 321x338

one that dosent work is 378x671
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Re: GIF attachments are not animated in topic

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If a thumb is created it won't be animated, the full size image should still be animated. Click the thumbnail.
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