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Re:4x Smaller, 50x Faster by 1_player on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @04:07AM (#29390307)
It's definitely better than a GIF because you can seek forward. You never know when a GIF ends, and if you're distracted, you have to wait for it to loop back again.
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Re:4x Smaller, 50x Faster by dredmorbius on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @05:55AM (#29390862)
Note that this is a function of the GIF viewer. An image / video viewer that can play GIFs with length, speed, and movement controls would afford this.

vlc seems to do this (Android version).

I'll grant that the usual methods of interacting with GIFs don't do this, and am not arguing that they do. But if you really want a specific functionality, you can look for a tool which might provide that.

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