# Should Discourse convert GIFs to mp4 video files?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-discourse-convert-gifs-to-mp4-video-files/16739>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [21. Juni 2014 um 08:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-discourse-convert-gifs-to-mp4-video-files/16739 "2014-06-21T08:24:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![lidel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lidel/32/115991_2.png) [@lidel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lidel)\
**Post date:** [17. Januar 2015 um 18:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-discourse-convert-gifs-to-mp4-video-files/16739/13 "2015-01-17T18:39:06Z")

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It works for imgur.  
For example something like `https://i.imgur.com/mYNXTPw.gif` can be requested as `https://i.imgur.com/mYNXTPw.webm` which gives:

[https://i.imgur.com/mYNXTPw.webm](https://i.imgur.com/mYNXTPw.webm)

It would be nice if Discourse detected .gif URLs from common providers such as imgur/gfycat  
and just replaced image with _looped_ video (already provided by site), as it saves a lot of bandwidth.

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