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+/*
+ * Vencord, a Discord client mod
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Vendicated and contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { definePluginSettings } from "@api/Settings";
+import { EquicordDevs } from "@utils/constants";
+import definePlugin, { OptionType } from "@utils/types";
+
+const Quality = {
+    High: 1,
+    Reasonable: 2,
+    Low: 3,
+    Horrible: 4,
+} as const;
+type Quality = typeof Quality[keyof typeof Quality];
+
+const qualities = [
+    { giphy: "giphy", tenor: "Ax", cap: 480 }, // webp
+    { giphy: "480w", tenor: "A5", cap: 360 }, // webppreview
+    { giphy: "200", tenor: "A1", cap: 200 }, // tinywebp
+    { giphy: "100", tenor: "A2", cap: 120 }, // nanowebp
+];
+
+const mediaTenorLinkRegex = /^https:\/\/(?:media\d?|c)\.tenor\.com(?:\/m)?\/(?<id>.+?)(?<quality>.{2})\/(?<name>[^/]+)\./i;
+const giphyLinkRegex = /^https:\/\/media\d?\.giphy\.com\/media\/.*?\/(?<code>.*?)\/giphy/i;
+const mediaProxyParser = /^https:\/\/images-ext-\d\.discordapp.net\/external\/.*?\.*?\/(?<protocol>.*?)\/(?<rest>.*?)$/i;
+
+function getCleanLink(link: string) {
+    const normalized = link.startsWith("//") ? `https:${link}` : link;
+    const match = normalized.match(mediaProxyParser);
+    if (!match) return normalized;
+    const { protocol, rest } = match.groups!;
+    return `${decodeURIComponent(protocol)}://${decodeURIComponent(rest)}`;
+}
+
+const settings = definePluginSettings({
+    gifQuality: {
+        type: OptionType.SELECT,
+        description: "GIF quality",
+        options: [
+            { label: "High", value: Quality.High, default: true },
+            { label: "Reasonable", value: Quality.Reasonable },
+            { label: "Low", value: Quality.Low },
+            { label: "Horrible", value: Quality.Horrible },
+        ],
+    },
+});
+
+export default definePlugin({
+    name: "BetterGifLoad",
+    description: "Allows you to change the quality of GIFs in the GIF picker",
+    tags: ["Media", "Utility"],
+    authors: [EquicordDevs.Leon135, EquicordDevs.nexpid],
+    settings,
+    patches: [
+        {
+            find: '"GIFPickerViewStore"',
+            replacement: [
+                {
+                    match: /\?(\i\.\i\.IMAGE):\i\.\i\.VIDEO/,
+                    replace: "?$1:$1",
+                },
+                {
+                    match: /(GIF_PICKER_QUERY_SUCCESS.{0,200}width:(\i),height:(\i),)src:(\i\(\i\)),gifSrc:(\i\(\i\))/,
+                    replace: "$1src:$self.parseLink($4,[$2,$3]),gifSrc:$self.parseLink($5,[$2,$3])",
+                },
+                {
+                    match: /(GIF_PICKER_TRENDING_FETCH_SUCCESS.{0,400})src:(\i\(\i\.trendingGIFPreview\.src\))/,
+                    replace: "$1src:$self.parseLink($2)",
+                },
+                {
+                    match: /src:(\i\(\i\.src\))(,type:\i\.\i\.TRENDING_CATEGORY,)/,
+                    replace: "src:$self.parseLink($1)$2",
+                },
+            ]
+        },
+    ],
+    parseLink(link: string, sizes?: [width: number, height: number]) {
+        const quality = settings.store.gifQuality;
+        const q = qualities[quality - 1] ?? qualities[0];
+        const url: URL = new URL(link.startsWith("//") ? `https:${link}` : link);
+
+        const cleanLink = getCleanLink(link);
+        const tenorMatch = cleanLink.match(mediaTenorLinkRegex);
+        if (tenorMatch) {
+            const { id, name } = tenorMatch.groups!;
+            return `https://media.tenor.com/${id}${q.tenor}/${name}.webp`;
+        }
+
+        const giphyMatch = cleanLink.match(giphyLinkRegex);
+        if (giphyMatch) {
+            const { code } = giphyMatch.groups!;
+            return `https://i.giphy.com/media/${code}/${q.giphy}.webp`;
+        }
+
+        if (url.hostname.endsWith(".discordapp.net") || url.hostname === "cdn.discordapp.com") {
+            url.searchParams.set("format", "webp");
+            url.searchParams.set("animated", "true");
+            if (sizes && sizes.length === 2) {
+                const smaller = Math.min(...sizes);
+                url.searchParams.set("width", String(Math.floor((sizes[0] / smaller) * q.cap)));
+                url.searchParams.set("height", String(Math.floor((sizes[1] / smaller) * q.cap)));
+            }
+            return url.toString();
+        }
+
+        return link;
+    }
+});