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Enhancement: consider HEIC support via libde265 (LGPL)+Kvazaar (BSD) #248

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DimitarNestorov opened this issue Sep 29, 2024 · 2 comments
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Enhancement: consider HEIC support via libde265 (LGPL)+Kvazaar (BSD) #248

DimitarNestorov opened this issue Sep 29, 2024 · 2 comments
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libheif already supports them and they're not GPL licensed
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lovell commented Sep 29, 2024

For HEIC the limiting factor is HEVC patents rather than software licences. The prebuilt binaries will only support patent-encumbered codecs that are made available on a royalty-free basis. HEVC is not royalty-free.

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lovell commented Oct 7, 2024

I hope this information helped. Please feel free to re-open with more details if further assistance is required.

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