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    • gdgna
      gdgna last edited by

      hey there fellow Opera users,

      the title pretty much gives away my problem.. Opera doesn't want to play .gif files. It only shows the first image. i can see its loading the whole file, but it doesn't "play" it..
      i changed nothing, did nothing.. one moment everything was working fine, next moment, .gifs broken =(..
      i looked nearly everywhere.. normal settings, about:config, etc.. i even asked the allmighty Google.. but.. nothing..

      so.. does anyone know why this happens.. and how i can fix it?

      Version information:

      Version: 12.16 
      Build: 1860 
      Plattform: x64 
      Betriebssystem: Windows 7
      

      ps: i will try to make a screenshot of the loading bar, showing that opera is indeed loading the file.. i just have to get my brain to be forget years of training to never look at it ><

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        Try Quick Preferences, Enable Animated Images.

        Does this one animate?

        Otherwise, we need a site link.

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        • gdgna
          gdgna last edited by

          that was actually the problem oO
          damnit.. i'm sorry.. i don't know how i could miss that one ><..

          thanks for the help 🙂

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            :jester: :sherlock: :hat: 🆙

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            • crowcrow
              crowcrow last edited by

              I've got the same problem, but the gifs are not even loading, any help please? :x

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              • blackbird71
                blackbird71 last edited by

                Originally posted by crowcrow:

                I've got the same problem, but the gifs are not even loading, any help please? :x

                OS and Opera version? URL of site example where problem occurs?

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                • crowcrow
                  crowcrow last edited by

                  What's OS? 12.16 Version. No gifs work for me, at ANY site

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                  • frenzie
                    frenzie last edited by

                    Did you try Pesala's animated images suggestion? Or could it be that you disabled loading images altogether?

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                    • blackbird71
                      blackbird71 last edited by

                      Originally posted by crowcrow:

                      What's OS? ...

                      OS = your computer's Operating System (as in: Windows7-32 bit, Linux Ubuntu, etc)

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                      • blackbird71
                        blackbird71 last edited by

                        The following is a set of steps to perform in Opera with it running, to see what Opera is set to do with gif files. The "+" symbol means that the two keys shown should be pressed simultaneously; the ">" symbol means proceed to the next step; the Capitalized name listed at the start of each step refers to a tab or button name you should see in the pop-up panel opened in the previous step and which you should now click; other instructions are self-explanatory.

                        CTRL+F12 > Advanced > Downloads > remove the checkmark for "Hide file types opened with Opera" > click on the "File extension(s)" header to cause the items in the list to be sorted alphabetically by extension name > scroll in the list to locate the "gif" entry (associated with the MIME type "image/gif" at the left of that same entry) > Edit > make sure the "Open with Opera" button is marked as active > OK > OK.

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                        • crowcrow
                          crowcrow last edited by

                          The gifs are now being opened with Opera but they are still not working. I've got Windows 7

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            Did you Enable Animated Images as described in the first post?

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                            • crowcrow
                              crowcrow last edited by

                              I clicked on it, a new opera bar opened, but I do not know what to do next

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by

                                Sorry, I missed a space from the link. It should work now. If the box is not checked, then enable it. If it's already checked, then there is some other unknown problem.

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                                • crowcrow
                                  crowcrow last edited by

                                  it works thaaaaaaaaaanksss

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