# Very large gifs should be shown as previews

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-large-gifs-should-be-shown-as-previews/25423>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [February 19, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-large-gifs-should-be-shown-as-previews/25423 "2015-02-19T20:20:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-large-gifs-should-be-shown-as-previews/25423/2 "2015-02-19T20:31:38Z")

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Related feature request - MP4’s end up being smaller:

> [@Should Discourse convert GIFs to mp4 video files?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-discourse-convert-gifs-to-mp4-video-files/16739):
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> Just read about this neat trick that Twitter is doing with GIFs: Perhaps this is something Discourse would like to mimic in the future. And for the watercooler: If a video format does everything GIF does and more, and with better compression, are the days of the GIF numbered?

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