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title: "GIF to MP4 Converter – Free, Any Length | loop.video"
description: "Convert a GIF to an MP4 video in your browser, then repeat it to any length, add music or crop it for Reels. Free, no upload, no watermark, no sign-up."
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# Convert GIF to MP4

Turn a GIF into an MP4 video that every app accepts, keep it as one pass or repeat it to the length you need, and add a soundtrack if you like.

To convert a GIF to MP4, drop the GIF on this page and press **Export video**. You get an MP4 of exactly one pass of the animation, usually a fraction of the GIF’s file size. To make it longer, raise the count under **Number of times** or switch **Repeat** to **Length** before exporting.

People convert GIFs to video for three reasons: a platform or editor won’t take a GIF, the GIF is too big to send, or it needs to run longer or have sound. An MP4 fixes all three. It is the same as converting a GIF to video in general; MP4 (H.264) is simply the video format that every phone, computer and app plays.

The conversion runs in your browser. Your GIF is not uploaded, there is no watermark and no sign-up.

## How to convert a GIF to MP4

1. ### Open the GIF
Drop the GIF onto the page or press **Select video** (**Choose video** on a phone). It is turned into a video first so it can be looped. GIFs have no sound, so the clip starts silent.
2. ### Choose how long it should run
This page starts on **Number of times** with a count of 1, a straight conversion. Press ×2, ×3, ×5 or ×10 to repeat it, or choose **Length** and pick 30 s, 1 min or a **Custom length** up to 3:00:00.
3. ### Check the restart
Press **Watch the join** (J). Most GIFs are made to loop, so **Cut** under **Join** is usually right. If the GIF jumps at the restart, try **Blend** or **Crossfade**.
4. ### Add music if you want
Set **Sound** to **Music** and press **Choose music** to add an MP3, M4A, WAV or OGG file. Or choose **Until the music ends** under **Repeat** so the video runs exactly as long as your trimmed song.
5. ### Export the MP4
Leave **Format** on MP4 under **Export settings** and press **Export video**. When it is ready, press **Download video**, or **Share or save to Photos** on a phone.

## Why turn a GIF into a video

* **Size.** A GIF stores each frame almost whole; an MP4 stores only what changes. The same animation as an MP4 is often a tenth of the size, which matters for email, chat apps and web pages.
* **Acceptance.** Social apps and video editors are built around video files. A GIF may be refused, turned into a still image, or converted on upload in ways you cannot control. An MP4 goes in as it is.
* **Length.** Some places want more than a couple of seconds of video, and a short animation can feel abrupt in a feed. Repeating it fills the time without changing the animation.
* **Sound.** A GIF is silent by design. As an MP4 it can carry a song or a voice-over.
* **Playback control.** Video players offer pause, scrubbing and full screen, and a video sits on a timeline next to other clips in an editor, which a GIF often cannot.

Converting does not improve the picture. A GIF has at most 256 colours per frame and is often small; the MP4 keeps exactly those colours and dimensions. If you still have the original video the GIF was made from, loop that instead for a sharper result.

## Making a GIF longer: by length or by count

There are two ways to stretch a GIF, and they suit different jobs.

* **Length** fills a duration: 30 s, 1 min, 10 min, 30 min, 1 hour, or any custom length up to three hours. The final pass is cut so the video ends exactly on time. Use it when a platform or project needs a specific length.
* **Number of times** plays the GIF a set count, anything from 1 to 999\. Use it when the animation should play, say, three times and stop at a natural ending.

Long files stay manageable: the loop is encoded once and written again for every repeat, so even an hour-long video of a tiny GIF finishes quickly. If you are padding a clip to reach a minimum length, [making a video longer](https://loop.video/make-video-longer) compares looping with other approaches.

## GIF timing, transparency and other quirks

A GIF does not have a frame rate in the usual sense. Each frame stores its own display time in hundredths of a second, so an animation can hold one frame for a second and flash the next for a few hundredths. That uneven rhythm is part of many GIFs’ character, and it is why a GIF can look slightly different from one viewer to another. Browsers, for example, slow down frames with extremely short delays.

* Check the motion with **Play loop** (Space) before exporting. There is no speed control, so a GIF that runs too fast or too slow stays that way.
* MP4 has no transparency. Any see-through parts of the GIF become a solid background in the video.
* GIFs that were themselves cut from a video often jump at the restart. **Find the best loop** can choose a cleaner start and end within the GIF, and a short **Crossfade** hides what is left; the [seamless loop video](https://loop.video/seamless-loop-video) page explains the options.
* Very small GIFs stay small. **Size** under **Export settings** offers the original size or smaller, never larger, so the platform will scale it up when it is shown.

## Adding music to a looped GIF

Since a GIF has no sound of its own, music is the natural partner. After **Choose music**, set **Music start** and **Music end** to pick the section of the song you want, add **Fade in** and **Fade out** so it does not start or stop abruptly, and set the **Volume**.

If the video runs longer than the song, switch on **Repeat the music** so the track starts again. Or let the song set the length: **Until the music ends** loops the GIF for exactly as long as the trimmed track. More on this in [loop a video with music](https://loop.video/loop-video-with-music).

Use music you have the right to use, especially for anything posted publicly; platforms may mute or block tracks they recognise.

## Shaping it for Instagram, TikTok and Stories

GIFs come in every shape. Under **More options**, **Shape** crops to 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Stories, 4:5 or 1:1 for a feed post, or 16:9 for landscape. Drag the preview, or use **Position**, to choose what stays in the frame. The [Instagram loop video](https://loop.video/instagram-loop-video) page has more on fitting each format.

## GIF to MP4: common questions

### How do I convert a GIF to MP4?

Drop the GIF on this page and press **Export video**, then **Download video**. The page starts on a single pass, so the MP4 plays the animation once, exactly as long as the GIF.

### How do I convert a GIF to MP4 and make it loop?

An MP4 doesn’t loop by itself the way a GIF does, so repeat the animation inside the file: choose a count under **Number of times** or a **Length** under **Repeat** before you press **Export video**.

### Is an MP4 smaller than a GIF?

Almost always, often by ten times or more, because video compression stores only the changes between frames. Repeating the GIF inside the MP4 adds size again, so keep the length to what you need.

### How do I make a GIF longer?

Repeat it. Choose **Length** and pick a duration such as 30 s or 1 min, or type a **Custom length**. The GIF repeats until it fills that time, and the last pass is trimmed to end exactly on it.

### Why doesn’t my converted GIF have any sound?

GIF files never contain audio. To give the video sound, set **Sound** to **Music** and choose a song from your device.

### How can I post a GIF to Instagram?

Convert it to an MP4 first. Instagram expects photos or videos, and an MP4 of your GIF, repeated to a few seconds or more and cropped with **Shape**, uploads like any other video.

### Does the MP4 keep the GIF’s transparent background?

No. MP4 video cannot be transparent, so see-through areas become solid in the exported video.

### Is my GIF uploaded?

No. The GIF is converted and exported in your browser and stays on your device.

## More ways to loop a video

* [ Loop a video online Repeat a clip, stretch it to any length or make it seamless, in your browser. ](https://loop.video/)
* [ Convert MP4 to GIF An MP4-to-GIF converter with width, frame rate, dithering and a file-size limit. ](https://loop.video/mp4-to-gif)
* [ Make a GIF loop forever Fix a GIF that plays once and stops, or set exactly how many times it repeats. ](https://loop.video/loop-gif)
* [ Make a video longer Loop a short clip to an exact target length, and compare the other ways to extend a video. ](https://loop.video/make-video-longer)
* [ Loop a video with music Repeat a clip until the song ends, with trimming, fades and volume. ](https://loop.video/loop-video-with-music)
* [ Make a loop video for Instagram Reels that replay without a jump, Stories that stay on screen, 4:5 for the feed. ](https://loop.video/instagram-loop-video)