The gif animations are really video. They play in IMG tags; they are silent and do not have video controls. Put them in VIDEO tags and they ought to get video controls.
Putting a proper video format in an IMG tag should work like an animated gif does: silent, without video controls.
A plain image is a 1-frame video. It should work in a VIDEO tag, just to keep things consistent and orthogonal and all. A 1-frame video is an image; it should work with an IMG tag.
The gif animations are really video. They play in IMG tags; they are silent and do not have video controls. Put them in VIDEO tags and they ought to get video controls.
Putting a proper video format in an IMG tag should work like an animated gif does: silent, without video controls.
A plain image is a 1-frame video. It should work in a VIDEO tag, just to keep things consistent and orthogonal and all. A 1-frame video is an image; it should work with an IMG tag.