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?
You mean you can’t see the embed in the above comment? What client?
Certain client work and some don’t. Jeroba does not work but Firefox does.
I’m on firefox lol, but through Ubuntu snap… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Firefox browser 137.0.2 (64-bit) (snap), Ubuntu 24.10.