How could I upload video from my computer and cellphone to my observations here in iNat?

Uploading GIFs are possible, i have seen a few observations with them, but not videos.

see https://forum.inaturalist.org/search?q=video%20observations

They need to be GIFs. On the computer I use online options to convert to GIF, e.g. : https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif On my iPhone I use GIF toaster : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gif-toaster-gif-maker/id948064297

You can’t upload video directly to iNat except in the form of gifs. However, you can work around this issue by using a still from the video as the observation photo, then uploading the full video to another platform (such as YouTube) and linking to it in the description. If the main focus of the vid…

it really is best to link to actual video stored elsewhere. animated GIFs are not guaranteed to be supported now (as in the Android app) or in the future.

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