So I had a clip I wanted to upload to a lemmy comment:
- Tried it as an (avc) mp4… Failed.
- OK, too big? I shrink it to 2MB, then 1MB. Failed.
- VP9 Webm maybe? 2MB, 1MB, failed. AV1? Failed.
- OK, fine, no video. Lets try an animated AVIF. Failed. It seems lemmy doesn’t even take static AVIF images
- WebP animation then… Failed. Animated PNG, failed.
End result, I have to burden the server with a massive, crappy looking GIF after trying a dozen formats. With all due respect, this is worse than some aging service like Reddit that doesn’t support new media formats.
For reference, I’m using the web interface. Is this just a format restriction of lemmy.world, or an underlying software support issue?
Are you trying to upload?
Have you considered using markdown?
Test:
EDIT: Seems to work! Didn’t realize I could embed videos like that, there’s no shortcut in the browser UI.
I’m on Mlem (Mobile) through lemmy.world and you post looks like this:
Everyone else’s in this thread looks fine though.
Probably because it’s AV1.
I just noticed it doesn’t work on my IPhone (16) not even through the link: https://files.catbox.moe/foodzx.webm
But the VP9 one does. That’s… Disappointing.
Works for me on Android
I figured. Works for me on desktop linux too.
AV1 support is just one more of those things Apple has been dense about.
Upload it to catbox.moe instead and then hotlink it to here
Yeah, I guess a link is fine, but can I embed them somehow?
EDIT: Embedding seems to work.
You generally can embed them the same way as you would a gif with the
formatThat’s how I just embedded this mp4.
Works fine on desktop/web, is a bit broken for phone apps, depending on the app.
