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Comment by defraudbah

6 days ago

anyone knows if it's possible to convert gif to svg or mp4? for instance, I'd like to share a screen recording in svg. It might sound like a dumb idea, maybe it is

You probably don't want a vector format for screen recording, unless you have a very strange screen. You want a raster format.

And sure, you can convert GIF to MP4, but I would question the workflow of anyone using animated GIFs for screen capture in the first place.

just record as mp4 in the first place, gif has limited colour palette, low frame rate and poor compression

  • it does, however I use it to send short demos when needed. GIF is perfect, small size, resolution isn't critical, it's a perfect choice for me. I don't like sending 300Mb of video every time I have a small thing to demonstrate, GIFs on the other hand work like a charm. Which is why I am shopping for alternatives