Question / Help .gif files in OBS

[DeadPlanet]

With the 'regular' version of OBS (on win7*64) I used to use a .gif to display info on my stream You can see it in action here;
https://youtu.be/HfuCfAnw3PY (bottom right corner)

I don't know CSS, and plan to look into that soon(ish) but for the time being, I'd love to be able to keep using the animated gif I made.

The 'regular' version of OBS had some limitations when it came to displaying .gifs, like not too high a framerate, and not longer then 5 mins, I found this out through trial and error. (This gif is at the limits of both, 15fps, 5 mins long).

Are the limitations stricter in OBS Multiplatform? Does it even support animated gifs? I can spend another weekend experimenting and whatnot, but this way (simply asking here) might save me a boatload of time.

 

[Gol D. Ace]

The Image Soruce itself doesn't support gifs but the Media Source does through ffmpeg.

So basically check the ffmpeg limitations.

Can't tell you more than that sorry.

 

[DeadPlanet]

Yeah, I have been using the Media Source, or tried to use it for the gif. d;
But I just had an idea, maybe I can re-render the file as a video file, with no audio, and use that.
I still have all the after effects files.
I am a video editor, so that why I chose to make that overlay element as a video project in the first place.
Use what you know, right?
Thanks anyway! Knowing gifs are unsupported will save me some time.
Any possible tips on a preferred codec/container I should use?

 

[Gol D. Ace]

Thanks anyway! Knowing gifs are unsupported will save me some time.

The Media Source should/does support .gif files. You just have to check the Loop option.
31 MB one with 1260x850 didn't cause any issues. (Gif of the recording that I linked here.)
http://i.imgur.com/6yipU2U.gifv


But yes converting your single images into for example an mp4 file with h264 video would also work.

 

[DeadPlanet]

I got it to work!
That gif has a black background, which I chromakeyed out, that made it completely invisible.
After I switched to colour key, and set the gif to loop and forced a format conversion, it did the trick.
I just had to put more effort into getting it working. When I installed OBS studio, I was in a hurry

 

[DeadPlanet]

So, I did some updating today, now the banner is no longer a gif, but an avi file.
Why the update? gif dithering.
That always bothered me.
Hurray for OBS Studio!

Also, on the subject of gifs, why does a gif have a volume slider/controls in the mixer?
I have never heard of an animated gif containing audio. d;

 

[Banyarola]

So, I did some updating today, now the banner is no longer a gif, but an avi file.
Why the update? gif dithering.
That always bothered me.
Hurray for OBS Studio!

Also, on the subject of gifs, why does a gif have a volume slider/controls in the mixer?
I have never heard of an animated gif containing audio. d;

Because the GIF is being added as a Media Source and Media Sources usually have audio..