GIFs looping in the forum

[bjoern]

Just a test post to see if GIFs are looping.

[chk]

They often don’t loop, do they? And sometimes they do… I’ve seen often that a GIF can not be played again after it has ended, especially on mobile.

[chk]

Here is a GIF recorded from vvvv gamma:

And here is a GIF recorded with Licecap:

Strangely the GIF recorded from vvvv gamma does not seem to loop.

[joreg]

thanks for bringing this up. fixed for 5.3.

[yar]

@chk
I’ve been meaning to ask for a very long time, but keep getting a bit shy, how do you record GIFs in Gamma? It’s very likely that I want to record GIFs, too

[chk]

You can do this at the bottom of a frame.

https://thegraybook.vvvv.org/reference/language/frames.html#recordings

[yar]

Nice!
But it’s completely unclear where to find the result.
The tooltip only blinks for a few milliseconds.

[chk]

After the recording, you should be able to open the path where it has been saved to by right-clicking on the recording icon,

[yar]

Thank you so much! Wow, it works, hidden gem
Is it possible to change the “default location”?
Or at least can it be written to a specific folder?

[joreg]

@yar

Is it possible to change the “default location”?
Or at least can it be written to a specific folder?

I’m afraid no.