How to convert a GIF to video
- Drop your GIF file on the box above, or click it to choose the file — or press Load a sample to try it first.
- Check the settings below the box; the defaults suit most files.
- Press Convert. Long jobs show a progress bar and can be cancelled; you then see what was made and its real size.
- Download the .webm file.
What is kept when you convert a GIF to video
- The animation is played frame by frame on a canvas and recorded by your browser’s own video encoder, with the original frame timing.
- WebM works in every current browser; MP4 is offered only when your browser can record it (current Chrome, Edge and Safari) — the format list shows what yours supports.
- Recording runs in real time: a 6-second GIF takes about 6 seconds per loop. Transparent areas get the background colour you choose, because these video formats have no transparency.
About GIF and Video files
A GIF holds one or more frames, each with up to 256 colours, a display time in hundredths of a second, and a rule for what happens to it when the next frame appears. It plays everywhere, which is why it survives. It opens in every browser, chat app and image viewer.
WebM (VP8/VP9) and MP4 (H.264) are the video formats every browser and social network plays. They compress animation far better than GIF but cannot be transparent. It opens in every browser, VLC, YouTube, Twitter/X, Discord.
Good to know
- Browsers play frame delays of 0 or 10 ms as 100 ms, so 20 ms (50 frames per second) is the fastest a GIF really plays.
- Social networks re-encode uploads anyway, so the default quality is plenty.
Privacy and limits
The file is read and converted by this page in your browser; there is no upload and no account. The video is decoded by your browser’s own media engine, the same one that plays videos on websites. A GIF may have up to 500 frames and 2,048 pixels on each side. Files up to 50 MB are accepted; a file of the wrong type or a damaged file is rejected with the reason.