Lbry-desktop: Static gifs

[m160]

Bug
I noticed that profile- and banner gifs have recently gone static. Not sure if this is done on purpose, or if it's a bug, but I'd like to know :)

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to lbry://@MagentickA#1 or https://odysee.com/@MagentickA:1
2. See gifs being static images

Expected behavior
Gifs being gifs and not static images

System Configuration

• LBRY Daemon version: 0.86.1
• LBRY App version: 0.49.0
• LBRY Installation ID: 9iFvgSpaPfWLbrFQrt6G7Cw5w4tBpiPAocJBFm4yNBBcKeFf8gMGt2eq9vb339if5g
• Operating system: Linux (Linux-5.8.0-7630-generic-x86_64-with-Pop-20.10-groovy)

[kcseb]

Seems as though the thumbnails got uploaded as JPG's rather than GIF's.

https://spee.ch/a/641ade54cea58068.jpg

https://spee.ch/c/dc36265b159017ef.jpg

Could you give uploading the images as GIF's another go, please?

[tzarebczan]

It's related to some testing we're doing with a CDN. @nikooo777 is aware.

[ElectronEsq]

Bug
I noticed that profile- and banner gifs have recently gone static. Not sure if this is done on purpose, or if it's a bug, but I'd like to know :)

Related: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry.com/issues/1355

Social media will cache the images that are over-compressed/wrong size/converted wrong, so you'll you have to release them from the social media cache, if this is the case for you, as per the linked issue.

[nikooo777]

It looks like it's unrelated to the CDN, in fact they are also static when fetched directly from origin.
I will have to replicate this locally. Hopefully it's an easy fix

[tzarebczan]

I think we also blocked GIFs from animating, but not sure on what pages. Maybe @seanyesmunt can confirm.

[ElectronEsq]

I think we also blocked GIFs from animating, but not sure on what pages. Maybe @seanyesmunt can confirm.

Only when over a certain size.
We discussed here in more detail:

[tzarebczan]

The static gifs were in the profile/banner. Profile is fixed, and the banner will be soon.

[tzarebczan]

We've also turned off the compression on banners so they should look better - may require a cache clear.