The only way to display real gif animation in a Writer document

Volcano_Eruption

Volcano_Eruption.odt (1.3 MB)

Good afternoon!
What’s the downside of a regular insert?
Volcano_Eruption2.odt (1.2 MB)

sokol92 @sokol92
I couldn’t get this working directly in an image object before, whatever I tried. I’m a bit confused

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There is probably a reason, but it is not a fact that it can be found quickly.

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The most likely reason is that not all gif animations downloaded from the internet are valid.

I can play animated gifs in Writer in
Version: 24.2.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 51a6219feb6075d9a4c46691dcfe0cd9c4fff3c2
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 26200; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-NZ (en_NZ); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL threaded
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But not in this or later versions. Double clicking the frame shows only the first layer in Draw
Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-NZ (en_NZ); UI: en-GB
Calc: threaded

My Volcano_Eruption2.odt example is saved in version:

Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 290daaa01b999472f0c7a3890eb6a550fd74c6df
CPU threads: 6; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19045); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: ru-RU
Calc: CL threaded

I can see the animation in full.

Only the first frame is visible, no animation. I will check on other comupters and see if I need to file a bug report.

Version: 25.2.6.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 520(Build:2)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU.UTF-8); UI: ru-RU
Debian package version: 4:25.2.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~lo1astra1
Calc: threaded

OK