Converting iPhone HEVC Video Into a Telegram Video Avatar
The article discusses the challenges of setting an iPhone HEVC video as a Telegram video avatar due to strict format requirements. It outlines the necessary specifications for a video to be accepted by Telegram, including codec, resolution, duration, and audio track restrictions. The author provides a solution using ffmpeg to convert the video into a compatible format for use as a Telegram avatar.
- ▪Telegram requires video avatars to be in H.264 codec with a square resolution of 800x800 pixels.
- ▪iPhone videos often fail to meet these requirements due to codec, resolution, duration, and audio issues.
- ▪The author shares a method using ffmpeg to convert iPhone videos into a format suitable for Telegram avatars.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3881261) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } liveavabot Posted on May 22 Converting iPhone HEVC Video Into a Telegram Video Avatar #telegram #python #ffmpeg #tutorial The bug that wasted my afternoon I tried to set a video as my Telegram profile picture. I recorded a short clip on my iPhone, opened Telegram, and picked it as my avatar. Telegram accepted the file, showed a spinner, then quietly fell back to a static frame. No error. No warning. Just a still image where a looping video should have been.
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