mumble-voip/mumble

GIF Support?

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#1698 opened on Jun 8, 2015

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Description

Would there ever be support for Animated GIFs in comments and avatars? Not really necessary but a nice feature to have regardless.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
C++image processing basics
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
15
Research direction
Investigate how Mumble currently handles images (avatars, comments) and check if there are any existing image libraries (like Qt's QMovie) that support animated GIFs. Review the Mumble codebase's UI components for image display (likely in src/mumble/ or similar). Look for any prior discussions in the issue comments about technical feasibility and performance concerns. Consider the need for decoding GIF frames and potential memory/bandwidth implications.