# GIFs don't animate **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** photos-library, roku\ **Created:** [February 5, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gifs-dont-animate/371947 "2019-02-05T19:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![coyote](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/coyote/32/119245_2.png) [@coyote](https://forums.plex.tv/u/coyote)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gifs-dont-animate/371947/1 "2019-02-05T19:53:27Z")
My GIFs aren’t animating; is there some way to enable support for this please? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gifs-dont-animate/371947/2 "2019-02-05T20:50:49Z")
A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes. > [@Animated GIF Support \[Feature Request\]](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gif-support-feature-request/110380/1): > > Please add ability to view GIFs when using an Photo library. This is a very common file format on social media sites and I have many on my Plex server but whenever I open on up I get a still image. Please fix! Therefore this one is closed. Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it. * * * Please **search** before creating a new suggestion thread. Only one feature per thread. See feature suggestions, sorted by **most popular** first [https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/l/votes](https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/l/votes) ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/gifs-dont-animate/371947/3 "2019-02-05T20:50:52Z")