GIF to MP4

Convert an animated GIF to MP4, usually a fraction of the size.

Your files stay on your device — nothing is uploaded.

How to convert a GIF to MP4

  1. Choose an animated GIF, or drop one onto the box.
  2. Leave the looping option on if you want it to repeat.
  3. Press Convert to MP4.
  4. Download the much smaller video.

Why convert a GIF to MP4

Animated GIFs are usually far larger than they need to be. The format has no real motion compression and caps out at 256 colours, so a few seconds of animation can run to many megabytes. Choosing to convert gif to mp4 with H.264 often cuts the size to a small fraction while looking better. Going from gif to video is why most sites quietly serve MP4 where a GIF would once have been used.

What changes in the conversion

The animation itself is preserved frame for frame, but the container changes and the colours are no longer limited to a 256-entry palette, so gradients usually look smoother. The tool rounds the width and height to even numbers, which H.264 requires, so a GIF with an odd dimension may change by a single pixel. There is no audio, since a GIF never had any.

Looping

GIF has endless looping built into the format. MP4 does not: whether a video repeats is up to the player or the web page showing it. On the web you would normally add the loop attribute to the video tag. The looping option here keeps the animation intact, but if a player does not repeat it, that is the format's behaviour rather than a fault in the file.

Runs on your device

Nothing is uploaded. The first time you use a video tool your browser downloads a converter of about 31 MB, once, then caches it. GIF to MP4 is one of the quicker conversions here, since GIFs are typically short and small in dimensions.

FAQ

How do I convert a GIF to MP4?

Choose the GIF and press Convert to MP4. It is re-encoded with H.264 in your browser and offered as a download, usually much smaller than the original.

How much smaller will the MP4 be?

Often dramatically smaller, sometimes a tenth of the GIF or less, because video codecs compress motion properly while GIF does not. The tool shows the real before and after sizes.

Will the MP4 loop like the GIF did?

Not automatically. Looping is built into GIF but is a player setting for MP4, so on a web page you would add the loop attribute to the video element.

Does the quality change?

Usually it improves, because MP4 is not limited to 256 colours. Dimensions may shift by one pixel since H.264 needs even width and height.

Is my file uploaded?

No. The conversion runs in your browser and the file never leaves your device.