• ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    I want to get this off my chest. I hate Google especially for trying to block JPEG XL. What’s it with forcing video codecs into image formats? AVIF and Webp are objectively inferior to JPEG XL in every single way. Well, I can explain that myself. The guy who made the AVIF format has his feelings hurt by user choice. Can you imagine all of the bandwidth and power savings if CDNs could actually use the format that they’d like to use?

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    Is this a Windows problem I’m too Linux to understand? .webp works just fine in every piece of software I have.

    • Phen@lemmy.eco.br
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      27 days ago

      You know what? I just realized I haven’t actually tried to open a webp file in years. I’m just so used to cancelling the save dialog and taking a screenshot instead when I see a webp extension, I didn’t even consider it might actually be supported now.

    • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Eh, there are plenty of FOSS software that implement it just fine, but I know for a fact that the default image viewers of some major distros don’t

  • HeyListenWatchOut@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    26 days ago

    I don’t care what format someone uses as long as software I use supports it. I’d rather save as much bandwidth and support as many features as possible. Animated GIFs and JPEGs are literally ancient formats from the 90s at this point that are terribly optimized and so limited in their feature support. I want 120fps HDR animated images that can be bigger than 640x480 without playback being choppy and the file size being over 200MB.

  • yesman@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    Simply rename the file from “file.webp” to “file.png” and it’ll work fine. No need to convert anything.

      • KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        26 days ago

        I don’t think it’s a joke, though it’s not universal, but many services probably either don’t process the image, or use libraries that support webp, and naively limit formats before feeding them in - in those cases, renaming the file can bypass those crappy filters, and other software will probably figure out the filetype based on the actual data.

  • haych@feddit.uk
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    27 days ago

    I’ve had more problems with HEIC/HEIF than webp, but no one has a problem that their phone takes pictures in that format even when no websites accept it.

    Webp hate is so forced.

    • Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de
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      27 days ago

      Because phones (at least iPhone) decide themselves, if the photo is exported in jpg or HEIC codec based on targeted destination.