GIF: consumes a lot of CPU
See original GitHub issueWhen I have a channel open with a gif rendered, Caprine and Caprine Helper consumes all my CPU. It stops as soon as I switch channel or when I scroll until it is not visible.
Mac OS: 10.12.6 Caprine: 2.6.1.548
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Okay, good to know - is there anyway to “pause” them when windows is not focused?
One option would be to implement a solution similar to what the mobile client does - replace GIFs with static images and only show the original when the image is hovered.