So not really sure why it's not working for me. I'd ideally want to avoid using the GIF format and use WEBP, which offers much better quality to size ratio. But for whatever reason, it's not letting me upload WEBP, and when I tried uploading the GIF version, it turned it into a video or something, with the play, pause and all that (which also doesn't work well with mobile apps).

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

All you have to do is to add ! In front of the link command and add the exact link of the file

! [ ] ( linkfile .gif )

[–] simple@lemmy.mywire.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The problem isn't the linking part, it's the upload part (to even get a linkfile.gif part). When I was trying to upload via Lemmy for the post, it gave the the "Format Unsupported Error". I've been digging into the pict-rs code (the service that Lemmy uses for storing images), which is open-source, to understand why, since it clearly supports WEBP images and video.

Interestingly, I've tried uploading the webp file to Imgur, and it's also complaining about invalid file type. So it must be something with the file? Even though it opens find in my image viewer and also the browser.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I've tested imgur links too and they don't work. All gifty links have worked so far. Remember to not leave any space in the command.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

TENOR works too.