# 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:** [2015 年2 月 19 日 20:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-large-gifs-should-be-shown-as-previews/25423 "2015-02-19T20:20:18Z")\
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作者： ![chapel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapel/32/122414_2.png) [@chapel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapel)\
发布日期： [2015 年3 月 28 日 01:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-large-gifs-should-be-shown-as-previews/25423/30 "2015-03-28T01:29:02Z")

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gyphy gifs don’t have sound because they are converted from gifs.

The whole point is not to embed a video, but to use video like a gif.

That means the gif should loop (yes I know not all gifs loop) and auto play. At the very least, it should loop until the user presses stop.

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