[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42775: Support uploading files in HEIF and HEVC formats

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#42775: Support uploading files in HEIF and HEVC formats
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 Reporter:  mattheweppelsheimer  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  5.5
Component:  Upload               |     Version:
 Severity:  minor                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch          |     Focuses:  administration
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Changes (by azaozz):

 * milestone:  Future Release => 5.5


Comment:

 Been looking at this for a bit. Thinking that if the users can upload HEIF
 images they will expect them to "just work" (which is the right thing),
 but they won’t work as there's no browser support.

 Seems that currently the best way to handle HEIF images would be to check
 if they can be converted to JPEGs on the server.

 - If yes, allow uploading, do the conversion on the server.
 - If no, show a warning/notice to the user to convert the image to JPEG
 before uploading.

 As far as I see ImageMagick can convert HEIF to JPEG using external
 library. GD cannot. That will introduce inconsistencies depending on the
 hosting setup, but can be considered progressive enhancement.

 Moving to the 5.5 milestone to consider adding the above message and do
 the conversion when supported by the server.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42775#comment:20>
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