Video
Turn your MKV files into GIF in seconds. Everything happens in your browser: nothing is uploaded to any server.
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Or paste them with Ctrl+V. They never leave your device.
Browsers, iPhones and many TVs do not play it. As a GIF it shows in any old or new program, with 256 colours.
MKV (Matroska) is an open container that accepts almost any codec, several audio tracks and subtitles.
Strengths: Very flexible: common for films and series with several languages.
Limits: Browsers, iPhones and many TVs do not play it.
GIF is a veteran format limited to 256 colours, with single-level transparency and animation.
Strengths: It works everywhere and suits simple drawings, icons and short animations.
Limits: Photos lose a lot of colour; here only the first frame of an animated GIF is converted.
No. The MKV to GIF conversion runs entirely in your browser, with code downloaded from this site and executed on your device. You can check it in the Network tab of the developer tools or by going offline after the page loads.
GIF is a 1987 image format that stores each frame almost whole with only 256 colours. To make it lighter, trim the clip, lower the width or use 10 frames per second.
Up to 2 GB and 3 hours of video on desktop; on mobile, 500 MB and 30 minutes (AVI: 1 GB and 1 hour on desktop). If it is over, you are told before it starts and can trim it.
Yes. Drop as many MKV files as you like: several are converted at the same time, depending on your processor cores, and when they finish you can download each GIF or all of them in a ZIP.