So the GIFv has been developed and I think it’s playing tricks on the way people consuming them.
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For example, a 3-second GIF might be 8MB whereas the same clip in mp4 is less than half a MB and better quality. GIF technology requires an awfully large file size for such a small amount of content. GIF developers have been trying to change the way GIFs are produced and published in the past few years. Fortunately, I got to talking about this Tough Pigs’ own Scott Hanson, (also a Muppet Wiki admin!) who knows more about this stuff than I do, and here’s what he told me: But what do I know? Nothing, that’s what. And as far as I know, Facebook doesn’t have a way to embed gifs.
Normally, as far as I know, these embedded videos default to silence, but all you have to do is click the volume button to un-mute them. Or a dog and a baby making an awesome cake. It might be a sped-up video of somebody making an awesome cake, or a clip of an outspoken citizen DESTROYing a politician at a town hall meeting, or dog and a baby interacting adorably. Since embedded video came to Facebook, there are all kinds of pages that posts videos regularly. Occasionally, some fans will float the gif theory:īut still, pretty much every time the Muppets posts one of these on Facebook, they get comments complaining about the lack of audio, which is understandable. So it’s not too surprising that when Muppet fans see the silent thingies on Facebook, they jump to the conclusion that they’re videos with sound, much like Billy Bones jumped to the conclusion that Gonzo was Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim in Muppet Treasure Island.įans haven’t been shy about voicing their concerns about the mysterious silent “videos,” much like Gonzo wasn’t shy about voicing the words “poodly poodly poodly!” in Muppet Treasure Island. But notably, there was audio - an important component for the vast majority of sing-alongs.
#Tumbleweed gif faceboom driver#
Go ahead, sing along, wherever you are! Maybe your coworkers or the bus driver will join in!Īnd that one had the same video-looking interface, with the same play/pause button, and the same mute button. And, to make things even more confusing, the same Muppets Facebook page regularly posts actual videos that look the same as the silent looping videos… For example, a recent “Cabin Fever” sing-along: It has the play/pause button, and it even has a mute button for turning the non-existent audio on and off. It walks like a gif, and it talks like a gif. Well, by golly, that sounds like a gif! So… it’s a gif? It’s a silent, animated internet thingy that plays on a loop. Yay, fun little videos! Those are as fun as they are little! But wait: It’s silent, and the 13-second clip consists of Fozzie watching the tumbleweed tumble by for a little over three seconds, then the exact same footage repeats three times before looping back to the beginning. This link may or may not take you directly to the actual Facebook URL.Īs seen in the screenshot, it appears to be a fun little video. Don’t stare at this image waiting for it to move.