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> HEIF itself is a container, and when containing images and image sequences encoded in a particular format (e.g., HEVC or H.264/AVC), its use becomes subject t
by woliveirajr 8y ago
> HEIF itself is a container, and when containing images and image sequences encoded in a particular format (e.g., HEVC or H.264/AVC), its use becomes subject to the licensing of patents on the coding format. [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_For...
- josteink 8y agoIf it’s just a container-format, bragging about “high efficiency” sounds pretty rich. That this aspect of the file-format also makes the patent-status if the content uncertain or questionable (until inspected or attempted opened) is IMO something which makes this sound even less undesirable as a web-format.