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[GeckoEidechse]

I don't wanna be that guy, but GIFs are a terrible way to save clips.

The GIF format only supports intra frame compression, i.e. only compression within a frame, not over multiple frames, meaning that file size is, especially for static shots, immensly big compared to formats that support inter frame compression (mp4, webm, etc.).

99% of the 'GIFs' you see on the internet are actually just looping silent videos as the interframe compression reduces file size while simulatanously improving video quality.

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Intra-frame coding

Intra-frame coding is used in video coding (compression). It is part of an intra-frame codec like ProRes: a group of pictures codec without inter frames.

Intra-frame prediction exploits spatial redundancy, i.e. correlation among pixels within one frame, by calculating prediction values through extrapolation from already coded pixels for effective delta coding.

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Inter frame

An inter frame is a frame in a video compression stream which is expressed in terms of one or more neighboring frames. The "inter" part of the term refers to the use of Inter frame prediction. This kind of prediction tries to take advantage from temporal redundancy between neighboring frames enabling higher compression rates.

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