As an artist, I want to publish videos instead of GIFs, so I can offer a smoother experience (with smaller files).

[vjpixel]

Adding support for video files with alpha would make possible for artists to create other kinds of content. right now, when we convert video files as GIFs, so they're way too big, making very difficult to have video content right now.

A non-exhaustive list of video codecs and image formats with alpha channels can be found here: https://www.rocketstock.com/blog/video-codecs-and-image-sequences-with-alpha-channels/

WebM also has support.

[amarorn]

please detail better, how would this video playback be.

[vjpixel]

User story: As an artist, I want to publish videos instead of GIFs.

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What we want here is to support a new file format. The publishing workflow will keep the same, but a new file format needs to be added.

For the users, it will be completely transparent. Instead of watching GIFs, when an artist publish a video, the users will be an object in this new format.

It's important to remember that the objects are shown in a loop, so the users don't recognize the end or beginning of the animation or video. The video needs to work in the same way.

[rodrigocam]

@vjpixel @angellorn I have added initial video support to ar-gif, I didn't test videos with a transparent background, but it worked with an mp4. Here is the new version https://github.com/rodrigocam/ar-gif/blob/video_support/build/ar-gif.min.js

[amarorn]

I'm using the AR.js library itself, I thought about calling with this change can I use the same one out of the air to call the tag? for example today I do this in html to rederize the video

[vjpixel]

I've tested and it's working.