[FFmpeg-devel] animated GIFs

[François Revol]

On 14/03/2012 06:21, Don Moir wrote:
>> On 3/6/12, Don Moir <donmoir at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> There doesn't seem to be any support for decoding animated GIFs and
>>> only the
>>> first image is present, or is there something else I should know
>>> about it ?

Well, that's just because none had enough need to actually write the code.
We have animated gif output because I wrote it back then in the first place.
You can send a patch ;-)

>>>
>>> animated png would also be useful if not yet supported.
>>
>> Which one apng or mng?
> 
> I think these are both up in the air at this point on what will become
> standard and while they are being argued most are stuck with gif animation.
> 
> Firefox and Opera support apng. More than likely because of it's simple
> nature and small code base. I don't know of any browser supporting mng.

NetSurf can support it, but it's optional.

François.