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Hasn't JPEG XL and AVIF largely surpassed BPG in popularity? AVIF is already in browsers. https://jpeg.org/jpegxl/ https://jpeg.org/jpegxl/ https://gitlab.com
by theandrewbailey 6y ago
Hasn't JPEG XL and AVIF largely surpassed BPG in popularity? AVIF is already in browsers.
https://jpeg.org/jpegxl/ https://jpeg.org/jpegxl/
https://gitlab.com/wg1/jpeg-xl https://gitlab.com/wg1/jpeg-xl
https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/ https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/
https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/libavif https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/libavif
https://caniuse.com/avif https://caniuse.com/avif
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- masklinn 6y agoBPG has never been very popular, though the “official” variant (heif which is the same idea by the MPEG) is supported by windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
- pornel 6y agoYes. BPG (and H.265 it uses) may be technically excellent, but H.265 is a commercial patent-encumbered codec. Patents cover any implementation, even free and open-source ones, so in countries that allow software patents BPG is illegal to use without a patent license for H.265. "Hope you're not worth suing" may be an OK strategy for many people using BPG on their websites, but it's a blocker for wide adoption of the format. The licensing situation is so bad, that the industry went all behind the AV1 alternative, and the AVIF format rides that wave. https://aomedia.org/ https://aomedia.org/