Error loading gif image in kivy Image

[Abdu Moez]

Issue Description:
I'm encountering a problem when trying to load GIF images in my code. Strangely, some GIF images work perfectly fine, but others do not. Here's what happened:

1. I initially added a GIF image to my code, and it worked without any issues. I simply changed the path to a different GIF image, and it also worked as expected.

2. However, when I attempted to add a new GIF image, which I intended to use for my splash screen, it didn't load up correctly.

CODE & LOGS:
1. kivy logs

2. kv file

3. python file

Note: I attempted to extract the splash screen code from my app's code and rewrote it for clarity. However, there mightbe errors, and I apologize for any potential issues. I suspect the problem lies in the .kv file.


The gif image i want to insert is attach directly to this message.

[elli...@cox.net]

Interesting apparently not all gif formats are supported by the underlying libraries that provide gif support.  It is possible to convert the gif file to a zip file of images and use that instead. 

I used this site to convert the .gif to a zip of images.  https://ezgif.com/split

I have attached the resulting file.

 

I tested with this code, it works and looks good.  Note I needed to set the anim_delay to get 15fps.

 

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.lang import Builder


kv = """
BoxLayout:
    orientation: 'vertical'
    Image:
        source: 'ezgif-2-3826eb7bb9-gif-im.zip'
        anim_delay: .0667  # 15 fps
    Label:
        text: 'Smoking Skull'
        size_hint_y: None
        height: dp(48)
"""


class TestSmokingSkullGifApp(App):
    def build(self):
        return Builder.load_string(kv)


TestSmokingSkullGifApp().run()

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[elli...@cox.net]

I wondered about turning the gif into a video.  This resulted in a significantly smaller file. 

The mp4 file is 146 KB.

The original gif file is 355KB.

The zip file is 878KB.

 

 

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.lang import Builder


kv =

"""
BoxLayout:
    orientation: 'vertical'
    Video:
        id: video
        source: 'ezgif.com-gif-to-mp4.mp4'
        options: {'eos': 'loop'}
        on_kv_post: self.state = 'play'
    # Image:
    #     source: 'ezgif-2-3826eb7bb9-gif-im.zip'
    #     anim_delay: .0667  # 15 fps

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[Abdu Moez]

Thanks for the replay. And now it seems to be working well.