Adaptive Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 Hi folks I'm wanting to have an animated image on the top of my homepage in a full width banner showcasing some recent work. I'm wondering for speed/site performance, is it better to have a hosted MP4 on vimeo/youtube or an animated GIF? The animated GIF I have created is about 12mb so wondering if a youtube video which is pulled through is better for site speed? This is the video link This is the gif which squarespace seems to compress from an image quality when its uploaded. The site is here and the password is: Test https://tuna-soybean-3hc9.squarespace.com/
Adaptive Posted January 21, 2020 Author Posted January 21, 2020 I'm having problems uploading the GIF onto the forum so I can't show it unfortunately. It is essentially the same animation as the youtube video.
Adaptive Posted January 23, 2020 Author Posted January 23, 2020 Hi guys, incase anyone is interested I signed up for a basic Vimeo account and hosted it on there, it seems to work well and loads faster than a big GIF>
Guest Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 Hey, @AdaptiveWhen adding a link from a 'basic' vimeo account, do you not get a warning that links from basic accounts don't work? That's what i've been getting, pretty frustrating. Youtube links work, but the quality isn't as good as i'd hoped. Cheers.
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