Animated GIF looping issue with VDub 1.7.1

[DFF]

I created an animated GIF with VirtualDub 1.7.1 and it looks fantastic. In terms of resolution, it's hands down the best GIF I've ever seen. However, it only plays 3 times, then comes to a screeching halt. Is there a way to circumvent this and get the GIF to loop continuously? Thanks.

[DFF]

Here's what I was talking about: http://outerrimsieges.com/img/ZVaderHoth.gif

[foxyshadis]

Well, I have no idea why, but right there in global animation properties it has 3 iterations. You can change it back to 0 (infinite) with Gif Movie Gear or hex edit fun. If you want to hex edit it, look at the very beginning of the file, just after NETSCAPE2.0, there's hex 03 01 XX 00, change all the Xs to 0 to make it unlimited. Otherwise the number+1 is the loops, right now it's 02.

You might report the issue to phaeron over at virtualdub.org as well.

[DFF]

Thanks a lot! I ended up skipping hex edit (since I'd never used that function before) and dowloaded a trial of GIF Movie Gear, set it the loop to 0; and now they all work perfectly. :)