Convert MPEG to GIF
Convert MPEG files to GIF entirely in your browser. Old-school looping animation — universal, but huge and silent (no audio, 256 colours). Drop your MPEG below — vexo runs ffmpeg-wasm locally, nothing is uploaded.
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About MPEG → GIF
Why convert MPEG 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. MPEG 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 MPEG
MPEG (typically .mpeg or .mpg) refers to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 program streams — the codecs and container behind VCDs, DVDs, early digital TV and a lot of 90s and early-2000s video. The compression is dated: MPEG-2 files are several times larger than H.264 MP4 at the same quality, and modern phones and browsers often won't play them at all. Re-encoding to MP4 is the fastest way to bring an MPEG file into the present.
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.
MPEG
SourceMPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Program Stream · introduced 1993
MPEG (typically .mpeg or .mpg) refers to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 program streams — the codecs and container behind VCDs, DVDs, early digital TV and a lot of 90s and early-2000s video. The compression is dated: MPEG-2 files are several times larger than H.264 MP4 at the same quality, and modern phones and browsers often won't play them at all. Re-encoding to MP4 is the fastest way to bring an MPEG file into the present.
Strengths
- Universally understood by desktop video players historically
Trade-offs
- Files are 3–5× larger than equivalent H.264 MP4
- Mobile and browser playback is patchy
- Dated visual compression (blocking, ringing artefacts)
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
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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.