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Julius Skrrvin

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Holy shyt, these are amazing. 4ch@n just added support for them so you'll be seeing more of them in the future. 60fps gifs, with sound, that load much faster and have

http://techgeek.com.au/2014/04/07/*****-adds-webm-support-better-animated-images/

4c@n adds WebM support for “better animated images”
BY TERENCE HUYNH ON APRIL 7, 2014



Google’s WebM video format now has an unlikely backer. The infamous imageboard 4can has announced that it will allow users upload WebM videos to the site, in order to provide “better animated images” support.

Because the file format is being used as an alternative to the traditional animated GIF, 4can will only accept WebM video with no audio, that are shorter than 120 seconds long, no larger than 2048×2048 pixels, and less than 3 MB in size.


“While WebM is technically a video file format, it offers many advantages over animated GIFs – namely superior image quality, support for more than 256 colours, and reduced file size,” 4can’s founder Christopher Poole – or moot – said in a blog post explaining the decision.

One of the biggest limitations of WebM has been browser support. Opera, Firefox and Chrome natively support the video format, while Internet Explorer and Safari do not. This is largely because the W3C were unable to decide on a file format for HTML5 video that all browsers should support to maintain interoperability, and Microsoft and Apple are backing the alternative H.264 video format.

Poole, however, notes that 86 percent of visits come from browsers that “include full or partial support for WebM” – so it’s not much of a problem for them. As well, plugins exist for Internet Explorer and Safari to support WebM.



Some Examples:




http://a.pomf.se/lrjyus.webm

http://a.pomf.se/faeygz.webm



http://a.pomf.se/bnorbr.webm


(NSFW) http://a.pomf.se/zqlnvq.webm


4k HD footage in a few seconds!

http://a.pomf.se/esfimy.webm
 

Milk N Cookies

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:banderas: I must harness this technology before @Milk N Cookies finds out :mjpls: I'd definitely want to see the sound versions, would be way better than Vines.
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You already know Im trying master it...
 

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Ya, their porn sections soared to another level overnight. Seen a 640x480 vid go on for a minute and only took up 2.7mb. :mindblown: Quality was really clear. Still had looped playback and google image search still worked :ehh:
 

Julius Skrrvin

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how is this different than a video? shyt dont even loop. am i missing something?
It is a video format. Im pretty sure you can program it to loop. Webm> gifs because they have better performance, small file size, audio and better overall quality. Plus you can pause them etc.
 

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The Coli should jump ahead of this thing and try and add support.

Could *really* put this board over.

I've no idea on the tech/programming behind this stuff though, not sure if that's possible or not.
Good call.. what do you think @cook and @Brooklynzson ? I wouldnt want versions with audio but i think shyt could be awesome
 

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Looking at it, I think it's using the compression techniques
we see in high resolution streaming video these days.
Technically it's probably still a lossy format but it's not as
noticeable due to the techniques they use.
Which involves fancy math that looks at the image and keeps information
from certain frames while adding in the new which lowers the file size over all.
Either way I'm all for it.
:ohlawd: @ how high quality embedded images will be.
 
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