dv
Digital Video
The tape camcorder format of the MiniDV era, captured over FireWire. Standard definition and large for its length.
Convert DV to GIF
Free, no account, no watermark. Converted on our servers, then deleted.
Drop a DV file here
As many as you like. We will show you what they convert to.
How to convert DV to GIF
- 1
Choose your file
Drop a DV file onto the converter, or pick one from your device. You can add several at once.
- 2
Select GIF
Pick GIF as the output format. Open Settings if you want to control the resolution, an exact width, and how it fits, and 4 more.
- 3
Download the result
Convert and download the finished file. No account, and nothing to install.
gif
Graphics Interchange Format
Limited to 256 colours, but still the lowest common denominator for short looping animation.
DV to GIF, asked and answered
Does converting DV to GIF lose quality?
Yes. DV has already discarded some detail and GIF discards more, because re-encoding starts from what survived the first pass rather than from the original. If you need every detail kept, convert to PNG instead.
Can I convert the GIF back to DV?
Not here. We can read GIF but no engine of ours writes DV, so this conversion only goes one way.
What can I change about the GIF it produces?
You can set the resolution, an exact width, how it fits, the frame rate, which way to turn it, whether to mirror it, and where it starts and stops. Anything left on Auto is decided by the encoder, which is usually the right answer unless you are targeting a specific size or device.
Where does the conversion happen?
On our server. The file is sent over HTTPS and converted in a sandbox with no network access of its own; your input and the result go together, removed at once if it fails and otherwise kept for a few minutes so you can download them, then deleted — whether or not you did. There are no accounts for anything to be kept against.
Is there a limit on file size?
Yes — there is a per-file cap and an hourly job limit, because this runs on one small server. The API page states the limits currently in force rather than a number baked into this page.