From bc38d696bc11ec882e94f1c6e7944ad272af6ab0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Troy <49777269+TroyKomodo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2022 23:20:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Reduce GIF frame window from 30ms to 20ms (#3907)

---
 CHANGELOG.md                       | 1 +
 src/singletons/helper/GifTimer.cpp | 3 ++-
 src/singletons/helper/GifTimer.hpp | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5aab1fd16..52b87d295 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 - Minor: Added `/copy` command. Usage: `/copy <text>`. Copies provided text to clipboard - can be useful with custom commands. (#3763)
 - Minor: Removed total views from the usercard, as Twitch no longer updates the number. (#3792)
 - Minor: Add Quick Switcher item to open a channel in a new popup window. (#3828)
+- Minor: Reduced GIF frame window from 30ms to 20ms, causing fewer frame skips in animated emotes. (#3886, #3907)
 - Minor: Warn when parsing an environment variable fails. (#3904)
 - Minor: Load missing messages from Recent Messages API upon reconnecting (#3878, #3932)
 - Minor: Add settings to toggle BTTV/FFZ global/channel emotes (#3935)
diff --git a/src/singletons/helper/GifTimer.cpp b/src/singletons/helper/GifTimer.cpp
index 2edf7bacd..c1ad6b734 100644
--- a/src/singletons/helper/GifTimer.cpp
+++ b/src/singletons/helper/GifTimer.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ namespace chatterino {
 
 void GIFTimer::initialize()
 {
-    this->timer.setInterval(30);
+    this->timer.setInterval(gifFrameLength);
+    this->timer.setTimerType(Qt::PreciseTimer);
 
     getSettings()->animateEmotes.connect([this](bool enabled, auto) {
         if (enabled)
diff --git a/src/singletons/helper/GifTimer.hpp b/src/singletons/helper/GifTimer.hpp
index da47149b8..d20d933bc 100644
--- a/src/singletons/helper/GifTimer.hpp
+++ b/src/singletons/helper/GifTimer.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace chatterino {
 
-constexpr long unsigned gifFrameLength = 33;
+constexpr long unsigned gifFrameLength = 20;
 
 class GIFTimer
 {