Convert 3GP to GIF
Convert 3GP files to GIF entirely in your browser. Old-school looping animation — universal, but huge and silent (no audio, 256 colours). Drop your 3GP below — vexo runs ffmpeg-wasm locally, nothing is uploaded.
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Max 200 MB per file. Conversion runs in your browser.
Every conversion runs entirely in your browser. Your video never leaves your device.
About 3GP → GIF
Why convert 3GP to GIF?
GIF embeds anywhere — chat, email, docs, forums — and loops automatically without a player. Great for short reactions and demo clips, but expect a 5–10× larger file than the equivalent video and no audio. 3GP is a legacy container with limited support on modern phones, browsers and editors. Converting to GIF keeps the footage but lets it play on everything you actually use today.
About 3GP
3GP is the multimedia container created for early 3G mobile phones. It was the default capture format on Nokia, Sony Ericsson and early Android devices in the mid-2000s. The video inside is usually H.263 or low-bitrate H.264; the audio is often AMR — a narrowband codec optimised for voice. 3GP files are tiny but visually very dated. Converting to MP4 unlocks playback on every modern device and lets you actually edit the footage.
About GIF
GIF is the original looping animation format. Every browser, chat app, document editor and forum can embed it inline without a video player. The trade-off is brutal: GIFs are capped at 256 colours per frame, carry no audio, and are far larger than equivalent video. vexo extracts the trimmed range, resizes if requested, builds an optimised palette, and writes a single GIF — useful for short reactions, demo loops and email-friendly clips.
What you're converting between
A short primer on both formats so the trade-offs are obvious before you hit Convert.
3GP
Source3GPP multimedia container · introduced 2003
3GP is the multimedia container created for early 3G mobile phones. It was the default capture format on Nokia, Sony Ericsson and early Android devices in the mid-2000s. The video inside is usually H.263 or low-bitrate H.264; the audio is often AMR — a narrowband codec optimised for voice. 3GP files are tiny but visually very dated. Converting to MP4 unlocks playback on every modern device and lets you actually edit the footage.
Strengths
- Very small files (kilobytes per second)
- Designed for memory-constrained handsets
Trade-offs
- Resolution rarely above 320×240
- AMR audio sounds tinny by modern standards
- Few modern players or browsers support it directly
GIF
TargetGraphics Interchange Format · introduced 1987
GIF is the original looping animation format. Every browser, chat app, document editor and forum can embed it inline without a video player. The trade-off is brutal: GIFs are capped at 256 colours per frame, carry no audio, and are far larger than equivalent video. vexo extracts the trimmed range, resizes if requested, builds an optimised palette, and writes a single GIF — useful for short reactions, demo loops and email-friendly clips.
Strengths
- Embeds anywhere — chat, email, docs, forums
- Auto-loops with no player UI
- Universal — supported since the 80s
Trade-offs
- No audio, ever
- 256 colours per frame — gradients posterise
- Often 5–10× larger than the equivalent MP4 or WebM
Popular conversions
Each link below opens the converter pre-tuned for that conversion.
Supported formats
MP4 is the safest default for web and mobile playback. WebM gives the smallest files for modern browsers. GIF is for short, soundless animations.
WMV, FLV and other legacy/streaming formats are not supported in this version. Please convert those to MP4 first using a desktop tool.
| Format | Input | Output | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP4 | Yes | Yes | H.264 + AAC, broadest compatibility |
| MOV | Yes | No | Apple/QuickTime container; convert to MP4 |
| WebM | Yes | Yes | VP9 + Opus, smaller than MP4 |
| MKV | Yes | No | Container; convert to MP4 or WebM |
| AVI | Yes | No | Legacy container; convert to MP4 |
| GIF | Yes | Yes | No audio, short clips only |
| WMV | No | No | Not supported |
| FLV | No | No | Not supported |
Frequently asked questions
Your videos never leave your device
vexo is a static page. Every conversion runs inside your browser via ffmpeg compiled to WebAssembly. There is no server-side processing, no upload, no temporary file, no cache. When you close this tab, every file is gone.
- No account required.
- No server processing. Your videos stay on your device.
- No caching, no Service Worker, no IndexedDB persistence.
- The conversion engine (ffmpeg-wasm) is fetched from a public CDN and cached by the browser; no personal data is sent.