I've got multi frame image at http://lgarc.narod.ru/giphy.mp4 And run next code on it: (let ((ctime (float-time))) (setq img (create-image "~/tmp/giphy.mp4" 'imagemagick nil :scale 1.0)) (insert-image img) (cl-dotimes (index 65) (image-show-frame img index 'nocheck) (sit-for 0.0)) (- (float-time) ctime)) ==> 18.788017988204956 18 seconds to show every frame Then I simple converted the file to set of bmp files: $ time convert ~/tmp/giphy.mp4 ~/tmp/anim1/giphy%05d.bmp convert ~/tmp/giphy.mp4 ~/tmp/anim1/giphy%05d.bmp 0,18s user 0,10s system 117% cpu 0,237 total $ And animated on these bmp files: (let ((ctime (float-time))) (setq img (create-image "~/tmp/anim1/giphy00000.bmp" 'imagemagick nil :scale 1.0)) (insert-image img) (cl-dotimes (index 65) (plist-put (cdr img) :file (format "~/tmp/anim1/giphy%05d.bmp" index)) (force-window-update) (sit-for 0.0)) (- (float-time) ctime)) ==> 1.3518333435058594 Now I use method with bmp files. I would like to use built in `:index' image property to animate images, however current animation speed is totally not acceptable. Can this be fixed, or am I doing something wrong? Thanks --Versions-- EMACS: GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9) of 2018-11-13 IM: Version: ImageMagick 6.8.9-9 Q16 x86_64 2018-09-28 http://www.imagemagick.org -- lg