7/29/2023 0 Comments Heic image viewer decoderI downloaded the HEIC files to a machine running Lubuntu 18.04 and to a machine running Gentoo Linux. I also found that Cirrus, the Android app for ownCloud that I use on my Galaxy Note 8 phone, cannot display HEIC photos either. Now, I can browse and view the above-mentioned shared HEIC images in Google Drive in the Firefox and Chrome browsers in Linux, although an ownCloud site viewed using the same browsers displays the HEIC files as grey icons that can only be downloaded, not opened and viewed in the browser. My interest was simply because I wanted to be able to download the above-mentioned photo files and view them all in the file managers and image-viewing applications in Linux and Android on my various devices. Anyway, I’ll leave you to read the fine print. Apparently the HEIF format is superior to the JPEG format in a number of ways (see the links at the end of my post, especially the image examples given by Nokia), although it is subject to patents and therefore I believe there are certain constraints to coding image files in HEIC format. I have since learnt that these HEIC files were produced by iPhones running iOS 11, encoded using the HEIF (High Efficiency Image File) format. ![]() ![]() HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) extension, which I had not come across before. I was at an event recently where the attendees were asked to upload their camera and smartphone photos and videos to a shared Google Drive folder.
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