Show HN: Put “gifs.com/save” in front of any Vine link (opens in new tab)

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64 pointskobbad9y ago12 comments

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Put /raw at the end of any Vine URL to download the mp4.

Your gif converter is neat. But why do you re-encode the mp4? I understand that's necessary for the general case of taking in an arbitrary video, but since you're ingesting a pre-processed mp4 and producing an mp4, why the lossy conversion?

Original: https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/F91F3B3C4A1403892123400577024...

sha1: fe3f47da5fcd6b812aceabca1261d83140d83325

Converted: https://j.gifs.com/66YY8R.mp4

sha1: 40c143447b02b7c919e20794593be4c95918bd56

alanh9y ago

This doesn't look like a GIF. I didn’t count the colors, but that looks like full/true color to me.

I have no problem with that, but it says it’s a GIF…?

i336_9y ago

Sadly the name has come to mean "moving sequence of frames" nowadays. WebM and MP4 provide this functionality using significantly less bandwidth.

This may be of interest: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=pixel+art&tbs=itp:animate... http://revangale.tumblr.com/

johnwheeler9y ago

Why do I have to register with you to download a gif?

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kobbadOP9y ago

Putting "gifs.com/save/" in front of any Vine link (or Instagram!) converts it into a gif - you'll need an account.

Can also gif live streams (FB, Twitch, Youtube Live, Periscope), and any other video website by going to the home page.

kr09y ago

But half the point is audio?

RoryGlyphic9y ago

Co-founder popping in! We make a .mp4 with sound!

You'll get the .gif automatically: https://j.gifs.com/Q1AA6L.gif and you can change the extension for the .mp4: https://j.gifs.com/Q1AA6L.mp4

You can click on add effects to do a bunch of neat stuff as well.

minimaxir9y ago

Upvotes on this HN submission may be manipulated: http://i.imgur.com/yIwWqLC.png

austinjv9y ago

you guys are killin it!

i336_9y ago

This account only ever seems to have replied to three things, one >1000 days ago. Really weird.

(I don't think HN completely deletes comments like this, so I don't think there's some huge pile of extra stuff I can't see, unlike with reddit)

cesis9y ago

Fake accounts and manipulated upvotes.

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cloudwalking9y ago

Put /raw at the end of any Vine URL to download the mp4.

https://vine.co/v/eF6MTh7TpqB/raw

niftich9y ago

Original: https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/F91F3B3C4A1403892123400577024...

sha1: fe3f47da5fcd6b812aceabca1261d83140d83325

Converted: https://j.gifs.com/66YY8R.mp4

sha1: 40c143447b02b7c919e20794593be4c95918bd56

alanh9y ago

This doesn't look like a GIF. I didn’t count the colors, but that looks like full/true color to me.

I have no problem with that, but it says it’s a GIF…?

i336_9y ago

Sadly the name has come to mean "moving sequence of frames" nowadays. WebM and MP4 provide this functionality using significantly less bandwidth.

This may be of interest: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=pixel+art&tbs=itp:animate... http://revangale.tumblr.com/

johnwheeler9y ago

Why do I have to register with you to download a gif?

1 more reply

kobbadOP9y ago

Putting "gifs.com/save/" in front of any Vine link (or Instagram!) converts it into a gif - you'll need an account.

Can also gif live streams (FB, Twitch, Youtube Live, Periscope), and any other video website by going to the home page.

kr09y ago

But half the point is audio?

RoryGlyphic9y ago

Co-founder popping in! We make a .mp4 with sound!

You'll get the .gif automatically: https://j.gifs.com/Q1AA6L.gif and you can change the extension for the .mp4: https://j.gifs.com/Q1AA6L.mp4

You can click on add effects to do a bunch of neat stuff as well.

minimaxir9y ago

Upvotes on this HN submission may be manipulated: http://i.imgur.com/yIwWqLC.png

austinjv9y ago

you guys are killin it!

i336_9y ago

This account only ever seems to have replied to three things, one >1000 days ago. Really weird.

(I don't think HN completely deletes comments like this, so I don't think there's some huge pile of extra stuff I can't see, unlike with reddit)

cesis9y ago

Fake accounts and manipulated upvotes.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse