Imgur to Gfycat
Imgur to Gfycat: Chrome Extension for Optimized Viewing
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Works with Reddit Enhancement Suite!
Chrome extension that replaces gifs hosted by imgur to HTML5-optimized video converted and hosted by gfycat. Gfycat is a gif optimization service that compresses gifs into HTML5 videos, where they can enjoy lower file size, GPU acceleration (great on mobile!) and pause/play/seek.
This extension will modify anchor links to gfycat.com/fetch links, which transcode & show the gif after transcoding. img tags with a gif hosted on imgur will trigger a transcodeRelease action, which will cause the gif to be transcoded on gfycat's servers if it hasn't already.
To improve the user experience, gifs are only replaced with gfycat videos if they are already transcoded on gfycat's servers. Otherwise, the original gif is shown. As soon as one user - anywhere - views that gif on gfycat, all users will see the transcoded version when using this extension.
CHANGELOG
v1.4.7
- Fix a MutationObserver spec change leading to an error on new browsers.
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spammy, or outdated.- When it works, it's a really great extension.
- Works with Imagus 10/10.
- Exactly tailored to situations where Gifs are blocked.
- Doesn't work consistently.
- Inefficient RegExp slows down page load.
- Mostly blank Gifs when using RES.
- Right click options often do not function.
- Doesn't work
- It used to work just fine
- Kinda sorta works
User reviews
Мой лучший друг, 2021-09-14 
johnny richard, 2019-05-02 
Curtis Ruecker, 2018-10-25Extension safety
Risk impact
Imgur to Gfycat requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Imgur to Gfycat has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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