What is datamoshing?
Datamoshing is a glitch effect that comes from broken video compression. Video codecs store a few full pictures (I-frames) and then only the motion (P-frames). Remove the full pictures and the motion gets applied to the wrong image, so everything melts and smears into the next shot.
How does DogMosher make a datamosh?
Load 4 to 10 videos of your dog. DogMosher plays them one after another and, frame by frame, finds where each 16-pixel block came from. Instead of the real picture, each block copies the previous moshed picture from there. So when one clip ends, the next dog's movement drags the last dog's pixels around, and one dog melts into the next.
Is my video uploaded?
No. The moshing happens in your own browser, on your own phone or computer. Your videos never leave your device, unless you tap SEND TO DOGMOSH TV at the end: then only the finished video is sent, and we watch it before it can play on the off-air show. The finished MP4 or WebM is made there too.
What are the styles?
MELT is the classic datamosh. BLOOM keeps the motion pushing after it stops, so pixels explode. ZOOMIES adds colour trails and an RGB split. GHOST lets the real picture haunt the mosh. VGA 95 melts in 16 dithered colours.
Can I add music?
Pick one of the DOGMOSH originals, use a song file from your phone, or keep your dog's own sound. For a trending song, pick no sound and add it in Instagram or TikTok when you post.
Is it free? Is there a watermark?
It's free. Every video gets a small DOGMOSH.EXE tag in the corner and a short dogmosh.com end card. That's how we pay for the dog food.
Does it work with videos that aren't dogs?
Yes, any video works. The dog will be disappointed, though.
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