![]() But notably, there was audio - an important component for the vast majority of sing-alongs. So it’s not too surprising that when Muppet fans see the silent thingies on Facebook, they jump to the conclusion that they’re videos with sound, much like Billy Bones jumped to the conclusion that Gonzo was Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim in Muppet Treasure Island.įans haven’t been shy about voicing their concerns about the mysterious silent “videos,” much like Gonzo wasn’t shy about voicing the words “poodly poodly poodly!” in Muppet Treasure Island. Occasionally, some fans will float the gif theory:īut still, pretty much every time the Muppets posts one of these on Facebook, they get comments complaining about the lack of audio, which is understandable. Since embedded video came to Facebook, there are all kinds of pages that posts videos regularly. It might be a sped-up video of somebody making an awesome cake, or a clip of an outspoken citizen DESTROYing a politician at a town hall meeting, or dog and a baby interacting adorably. Or a dog and a baby making an awesome cake. Normally, as far as I know, these embedded videos default to silence, but all you have to do is click the volume button to un-mute them. And as far as I know, Facebook doesn’t have a way to embed gifs. Fortunately, I got to talking about this Tough Pigs’ own Scott Hanson, (also a Muppet Wiki admin!) who knows more about this stuff than I do, and here’s what he told me: But what do I know? Nothing, that’s what. GIF developers have been trying to change the way GIFs are produced and published in the past few years. ![]() GIF technology requires an awfully large file size for such a small amount of content. #Tumbleweed gif faceboom mp4#įor example, a 3-second GIF might be 8MB whereas the same clip in mp4 is less than half a MB and better quality. ![]() So the GIFv has been developed and I think it’s playing tricks on the way people consuming them. ![]()
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