Introducing GIFV into Discourse

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

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Should Discourse convert GIFs to mp4 video files?

A related development, Imgur is introducing GIFV: The cornerstone of Project GIFV is a platform-wide upgrade to automatically convert uploaded GIF files on the fly into the MP4 video format. […] The .GIFV Extension: With all these improvements, Imgur will now denote converted MP4s with a “.gifv” extension. The intention is to signal to users throughout the Internet that these links will feature a GIF experience that incorporates all the current and future enhancements made through Project G…