WhatsApp on my OnePlus6 is saving Gifs that I am viewing, in my Gallery/Google photos - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there. I really hope this can be solved as have looked everywhere today and no luck.
Also, really sorry the long description. But this is best I can describe it with as best info provided
Having an issue with WhatsApp strangely backing up/saving GIFs that I am looking at/scrolling through when replying to someone, and its backing up/saving the GIFs to my Google photos/ OnePlus Gallery.
All I am doing is looking at the gifs, not saving them, not clicking them. Just looking/scrolling through them. If I scroll/look through 6 gifs, it will save 6 in total. If I look at 20 gifs, will save 20 etc... I did a test to see what settings made this happen;
-Show media gallery is ticked on, and the Media Auto Download (using mobile datal, Wi-Fi and roaming) is on made the GIF backup happen.
-Then, having Show media gallery on, and Media Auto Download off still made it happen.
-Then having both off still backs them up.
I have found that if I view the GIFs in WhatsApp when replying, then go to Google photos>Device folders, it all of a sudden loads the GIFs I viewed in a folder called gif preview cache. I then go to OnePlus Gallery and then it automatically shows them there!. There is some correlation here but can't figure out This is the odd thing, if I was to view GIFs in WhatsApp again, then view in OP Gallery first, it doesn't show them. I have to go to Google photos> Device folders first for it to somehow display them there, then the gallery when I go to it after!
Does this make sense? Its been driving me nuts!
I also Emailed WhatsApp and they said: On Android, it's not possible to preview WhatsApp media files without downloading them to your phone. Auto-download only controls whether this is done automatically, or upon tapping on the file . Remember, I am not clicking on the media/GIF which saves it. I am merely looking/scrolling through them!!
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Is the format supported?
Check the error messages in Windows Event Viewer.
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Is the format supported?
blackhawk said:
Is the format supported?
Check the error messages in Windows Event Viewer.
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Check the error messages in Windows Event Viewer.
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They are all MP4 so shouldn't be an issue, but after further research and going through every setting both the Hi-Bit rate (whatever that it) and the High Efficiency setting were on.
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Now I just need a way to convert them back to normal settings or I'll lose several good wildlife videos
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