GIF to MP4 Converter
Convert an animated GIF into a much smaller MP4 video.
About this tool
Converts an animated GIF into an MP4 video — much smaller than the original GIF for the same animation, and playable natively (with a scrubber, pause, and volume controls that GIFs don't have) in any modern browser or video app. Runs entirely in your browser using ffmpeg.wasm, a WebAssembly build of the real ffmpeg; your file is never uploaded anywhere.
The ffmpeg engine (about 32MB) is only downloaded the first time you use this tool, not when the page loads.
Frequently asked questions
- Why is the MP4 so much smaller than the original GIF?
- GIF is a very inefficient video format — it can only use a limited color palette per frame and has no modern inter-frame compression. H.264 (used here) compresses far better, often shrinking the same animation by 80% or more.
- Will the MP4 have sound?
- No — GIF never contains audio, so there's no audio track to carry over. The output MP4 is silent.
- Is my GIF uploaded anywhere?
- No — the entire process, including the ffmpeg engine itself, runs locally in your browser via WebAssembly. Nothing is sent to any server.