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		m-schuetz 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Animated AVIF for the Modern Web TIL: AVIF can be nicely embedded and looped like a gif. That's awesome. With most of the video embedding I've seen so far, the issue has always been that it was embedded as a video player.

atoav 14 days ago [–]

Huh? What is wrong with

  <video autoplay muted loop playsinline preload="auto">
    <source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  </video>

If you can't host the video yourself get a hoster that offers a link to the video file (e.g. Vimeo).

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