On Sat, 2023-02-25 at 10:27 -0500, Neal Gompa wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 10:20 AM Sandro <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Greetings everyone, > > > > TL;DR > > Will there be AVIF (AV1) support for applications using libheif in > > Fedora? > > > > A while ago I stumbled upon AVIF files not being supported by > > applications (gThumb, ImageMagick, GIMP) in Fedora [1]. > > > > It appears that the applications mentioned have switched to libheif > > for > > AVIF support in favor of libavif. Since libheif also > > provides/requires > > patent encumbered libraries/codecs (libde265) related to HEIF it is > > provided by RPMFusion. > > > > AVIF, however, is not encumbered by patents as I understand it [2]. > > So > > it seems we need a compatibility libheif-av1 or the like to allow > > applications provided by fedora repos to enable AVIF (AV1) support > > using > > libheif [3]. > > > > I found two threads ([4],[5]) in the archives regarding HEIF and > > AVIF. > > But none of them are conclusive with regards to enabling AVIF > > support. > > > > Are there any plans to enable AVIF support in applications that use > > libheif as their provider? If so, where can I find information > > regarding > > the status? > > > > I apologize in advance if any of the above is not entirely correct > > (or > > entirely incorrect). Aim of my message is to better understand why > > support for AVIF is lacking in some applications and if that can be > > fixed. > > > > [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2165606 > > [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164329#c3 > > [3] This part is not entirely clear to me. Please correct me. > > [4] > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/TVMTMXKBMG2W3P5WSRS7REQA3DBMEZ7V/#RADV6GV7YUGPZSZZU66TQE4AQMGYUCJA > > [5] > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/ARY6HUSX7TMOUXBZ4WBOZB4P7TDEJHAI/#4454J7SUYZNPDGOD6PJ7V3PH6WQW5QTH > > > > It looks like libheif now supports a plugin architecture, so we could > move libheif to Fedora, while having the HEVC/H.265 backend plugin in > RPM Fusion. > > Also, according to the CMake, the HEVC/H.265 plugins are not built by > default anymore: > https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/blob/cdcc5b210879e0a0348032a594f8be52bb739c0d/CMakeLists.txt#L92-L98 > > So feel free to package it and bring it into Fedora. :) So we can build libheif without H.265 on Fedora but how you propose make H.265 available with one third repo ? just build the plugin on third repo as a freeworld package ? Thanks > -- > 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- Sérgio M. B. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
