Use GIF to MP4 when a website or upload form needs a video version of an animation. The tool creates a silent H.264 MP4 from one pass of an uploaded GIF. You can choose a start time, duration, maximum dimension and frame rate. The exported file is opaque, so check its background before placing it over another design.

Start with one complete animation

Choose an animated GIF file rather than a URL. The default upload limit is 50 MiB. Each source frame must be no more than 16 megapixels and 8192 pixels per side. A supported file still needs a readable duration; an incomplete or damaged GIF may fail even when it is under the byte limit.

Look at the animation once and identify the interval you want. The tool ignores the GIF’s looping instruction while reading it. A GIF that repeats forever in a browser still has a finite sequence of frames for this export. Your start time must be before the end of that sequence.

Try a four-second GIF with a three-second selection

For the checked example, the input was a generated 640 × 360 GIF with a four-second sequence and an infinite-loop instruction. Set:

Start time (seconds): 1
Duration (seconds, up to 30): 10
Maximum dimension (px): 480
Frames per second: 15

Convert and download the MP4. The checked example produced a 480 × 270 H.264 video lasting three seconds, at 15 frames per second, with no audio stream. The ten-second request did not cause the sequence to repeat. One second had been skipped, leaving only the final three seconds available.

Why the MP4 is shorter than the duration setting

The effective clip ends at the end of one animation pass. Duration can be between 0.1 and 30 seconds, but it cannot extend the source sequence. To include the complete animation, start at zero and use a duration at least as long as the sequence, within the thirty-second export limit.

Looping the downloaded MP4 is a playback choice in the destination application or website. This converter does not turn the GIF’s infinite-loop setting into repeated frames inside the MP4 file.

Choose dimensions without stretching the animation

Maximum dimension fits the output inside the chosen size while retaining the displayed aspect ratio. The available choices are 480, 720, 1080 and 1920 pixels. A 640 × 360 source fitted inside 480 becomes 480 × 270, as in the checked example.

Smaller sources are not enlarged to fill the selected dimension. MP4 dimensions are rounded to even pixels for encoding, so an odd-sized source can change slightly. Review small labels and line art after resizing; a smaller frame can make details harder to read.

The frame-rate choices are 10, 15, 24 and 30. Raising the output frame rate changes how the source animation is sampled. It does not invent additional original detail or change the intended interval. Begin with a setting that suits the source, then inspect the downloaded playback for timing and smoothness.

Understand sound, transparency and file size

This conversion produces no audio. If your project needs a soundtrack, you need a separate video editing workflow. MP4 output here is also opaque: GIF transparency does not survive as an alpha channel. Use the output preview or downloaded file to evaluate how transparent source areas appear.

An MP4 may be smaller than its source GIF, but size reduction is not guaranteed. Motion, dimensions and the selected interval affect the result. Check the actual downloaded bytes rather than assuming that a format change always saves space.

If an export is too large or fails

The output ceiling is 80 MiB. Use a shorter selection or a smaller maximum dimension if the output is too large. If conversion reports a timing problem, check that Start time is within the animation and that Duration is between 0.1 and 30 seconds. For a damaged input, obtain a complete copy before trying again.

Save the result and choose the right direction

The GIF is uploaded to the server for conversion. Download the temporary MP4 promptly and keep your original animation. Open the final file in the application that will display or upload it, checking its first frame, last frame, timing and background.

For the opposite direction, Video to GIF creates a short silent animation from a video clip. For a sequence of separate still images, Animated GIF Maker is the appropriate starting point. A regular grid of frames belongs in Sprite Sheet to GIF.