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BernardIE5317
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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GIF will not animate

The GIF link below will not animate It is 50+MB in size Kindly Advise Thank You https://www.dropbox.com/s/hntq6v0z7y06z0i/spade%20Crash.gif?dl=0
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    BernardIE5317 wrote:

    The GIF link below will not animate

    The Dropbox site shows a transcoded preview of the original file. Change the ?dl=0 to ?raw=1 and your browser will render the original animated file.

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BernardIE5317
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Greetings Kind Regards The GIF animates as expected upon download Will not animate on site under either Chrome or Edge

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Nancy
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3 years ago

Hi BernardIE5317!

 

Just to clarify, did you try Rich's suggestion above and the issue still persists?

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    BernardIE5317
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Yes Rich's suggestion solved the problem

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