gifplayer.py

# Please Note: I did not write this file. The true credit belongs to Miguel Martinez Lopez.


from Tkinter import PhotoImage
from ttk import Label

from PIL import Image, ImageTk

    
class AnimatedGIF(Label, object):
    def __init__(self, master, path, forever=True):
        self._master = master
        self._loc = 0
        self._forever = forever

        self._is_running = False

        im = Image.open(path)
        self._frames = []
        i = 0
        try:
            while True:
                photoframe = ImageTk.PhotoImage(im.copy().convert('RGBA'))
                self._frames.append(photoframe)

                i += 1
                im.seek(i)
        except EOFError: pass
        
        self._last_index = len(self._frames) - 1

        try:
            self._delay = im.info['duration']
        except:
            self._delay = 100

        self._callback_id = None

        super(AnimatedGIF, self).__init__(master, image=self._frames[0])

    def start_animation(self, frame=None):
        if self._is_running: return

        if frame is not None:
            self._loc = 0
            self.configure(image=self._frames[frame])

        self._master.after(self._delay, self._animate_GIF)
        self._is_running = True

    def stop_animation(self):
        if not self._is_running: return

        if self._callback_id is not None:
            self.after_cancel(self._callback_id)
            self._callback_id = None

        self._is_running = False

    def _animate_GIF(self):
        self._loc += 1
        self.configure(image=self._frames[self._loc])

        if self._loc == self._last_index:
            if self._forever:
                self._loc = 0
                self._callback_id = self._master.after(self._delay, self._animate_GIF)
            else:
                self._callback_id = None
                self._is_running = False
        else:
            self._callback_id = self._master.after(self._delay, self._animate_GIF)

    def pack(self, start_animation=True, **kwargs):
        if start_animation:
            self.start_animation()

        super(AnimatedGIF, self).pack(**kwargs)

    def grid(self, start_animation=True, **kwargs):
        if start_animation:
            self.start_animation()

        super(AnimatedGIF, self).grid(**kwargs)
        
    def place(self, start_animation=True, **kwargs):
        if start_animation:
            self.start_animation()

        super(AnimatedGIF, self).place(**kwargs)
        
    def pack_forget(self, **kwargs):
        self.stop_animation()

        super(AnimatedGIF, self).pack_forget(**kwargs)

    def grid_forget(self, **kwargs):
        self.stop_animation()

        super(AnimatedGIF, self).grid_forget(**kwargs)
        
    def place_forget(self, **kwargs):
        self.stop_animation()

        super(AnimatedGIF, self).place_forget(**kwargs)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    from Tkinter import Tk, Label

    root = Tk()
    
    # Add the path to a GIF to make the example working
    l = AnimatedGIF(root, "/root/Downloads/hightech.gif")
    l.pack()

    root.mainloop()