Animated GIFs in My Pictures?

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PolishKid Offline
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well, i have had some gifs that were animated on my xbox and they did not show up correctly. this also goes back to the days of xbmp.
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is your problem in a new skin you're making or in image browsing?

from what i know about xbmc the animated gif functoinality is for skinning, ie buttons and backgrounds.

don't know if it's possible in image browsing.

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blitz091 Offline
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i uploaded some animated gif's on my xbox and they dont play through the animation....they just stay at the first frame.

is there any way to fix this?
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Rsecq Offline
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Take the following .gif file as an example, it can play in PC, but in XBMC, it just shows the first frame.

Is this a bug or just a feature not yet supported by XBMC?


http://download.yousendit.com/F088F6171712C862

(the download link only available for 7 days)
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Can you elaborate on what do you mean by "play"? If you were unaware, image files must be viewed through the Pictures section.

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ShortySco Offline
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I have also encountered this (long ago).

I tried as a test to view/play an animated gif (Don't really need this feature myself) and could only launch it through pictures, as you'd expect, but it would only display the first frame.

As i remember they can possibly be used in skins, but not viewed from your collection (Animated at least)

Feel free to correct me though.

Shorty
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Clumsy Offline
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Here is a debug log starting that .gif file, just incase it really is a bug and not as I suspect a missing feature.

http://pastebin.com/m4eea0a51
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jmarshall Offline
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Not a bug, correct. The slideshow just plays the first frame. A patch would be welcome.

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kraqh3d Offline
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ah. i figured it was an animated gif. thats interesting because i thought they work as part of the skin.

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Niaboc Offline
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i'd love to be able to see gif files work properly on xbmc, hopefully someone cleverer than me can make it a reality some day
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