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by coolestguy 4y ago
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- Retr0id 4y agoHigh Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF)
- coolestguy 4y agoah brilliant
- happytoexplain 4y agoDo you not think HEIF might be interesting to HN readers, or that everybody already knows all about HEIF, or something I can't think of?
- coolestguy 4y agoNo, I don't think a wikipedia link with absolutely not context is interesting. In fact, I think it's low effort and shouldn't be automodded away.
- happytoexplain 4y agoThat's oddly superior/hostile. I was vaguely familiar with the format as the choice on recent versions of iOS. Now I know HEIF is a container, and HEIC files indicate that the codec is HEVC. And I know it's part of MPEG and, to my surprise, is more efficient than JPEG. And it made me think, are there generalizable cases where JPEG still wins? Maybe I'll look into it. And all that from a few seconds. I appreciate the submitter. Edit: And now I'm learning things from other commenters who have been inspired to provide interesting tidbits they know about HEIF!
- altairprime 4y agoYou should email the site mods about this viewpoint, with a link to your comment; I think they’d be interested to hear your case, and they have the tools to do this readily available if they agree with you. Or they may have context for how links like this could be of interest, or why they aren’t automodded, or etc. (Use the contact link in the footer if you’re interested.)
- JoBrad 4y agoIt would be cool if the person who posted the article also added a comment providing context. I thought the wiki article was great, but more context may result in a richer discussion.
- smeagull 4y agoI think those that need to know about it, will find out the same way everybody does - when they wonder why they can't access the photos taken on their phone.