@mcc I think it's just a very simple way to filter out larger gifs (and yes, when we had a less performant server ffmpeg regularly DOS'd it)
@mcc oh, absolutely. Might be worth having admin settings so people with more overhead for encoding can make use of it while smaller servers don't get ffmpeg'd to death
@noiob @mcc if you don't mind me interrupting to ask...
expected behavior from Mastodon is that instead of injesting .gifs like any other photo or video format, it'll transcode it to another and drop it in an .mp4 container?
If so, is its purpose to reduce the size of the image? Does it attempt to stream it, or just attach it as a standard video element when it serves a page?
@DylanTheThomas @mcc playing large gifs absolutely wreck performance in browsers bc it's not hardware accelerated
@noiob @mcc Aaaaah, I was not aware of this.
Hmm. I suppose I have something to ponder, but I agree with the sentiment that something other than naked refusal to accept, or absolute acceptance, be preferrable.