Uploaded gif avatar loses animation

[.Vapor]

Another way around this is to :

1. Create a sub gallery
2. Upload the desired avatar to it
3. Choose it via the user cp

[DMR123]

I know this topic is 2 years old, but Im having the same problem, and instead of creating a new topic ill just reply here..


I have created some animated gifs, yet they work in the browser, but not when I upload them as an avatar.

I have disabled autoresizing to PNG, yet it still doesnt work..

Any more info on this?

[aksal]

Ten years later this issue still persists. And this not only for the avatars.

[Kindred]

As stated previously...  it's not the uploaded gif that is the problem.

It's when you upload a gif that has to be resized. This will cause the gif to lose animation.
This is not, technically, an SMF bug....  it's an issue with the server side graphics handling tools.
It resizes the gif and saves just the first frame of the animation.

Solution 1- don't allow uploaded avatars to be resized.
Solution 2- don't allow uploaded avatars.