Cervante
PS3 ID: Cervante1
.jpeg, .bmp & .png still pictures for wallpapers are getting boring. Why not kick it up a noch and use animated .Gif's. The green falling text from the matrix would look sweet.
Sphinxter said:Because the .GIF format is not free.
The latest applicable patent has expired in 2004. Cf Wikipedia (yeah, I know it's not because it's written there that it's true ).
.GIF's are patented, and the owners like to try and sue everyone who uses it unless they pay royalty fees.Cervante said:.jpeg, .bmp & .png still pictures for wallpapers are getting boring. Why not kick it up a noch and use animated .Gif's.
For all of about 5 minutesCervante said:The green falling text from the matrix would look sweet.
Squidge said:.GIF's are patented, and the owners like to try and sue everyone who uses it unless they pay royalty fees.
Since my Wikipedia could be dubious here is something else: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html
So GIF is patent-free now
Because constantly decoding an Xvid video file would leave a horrendous footprint in your system memory...javaJake said:Besides, why use GIF when you can use Xvid?