i havnt tried yet but there is an extension for openframeworks here which might handle gifs: https://github.com/Geistyp/ofxGif, also it is possible the default ofVideoPlayer (not the omx version) might have a go at it ...
but yes overheating / performance still might be a problem for the pi0
Originally posted by @cyberboy666 in https://github.com/cyberboy666/recurBOY/issues/9#issuecomment-542769249