[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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Comment (by harveyfloyd):

 NO. Automatically converting to JPG is NOT a good option. HEIC and HEIF
 files contain extra information that myself and others would like to
 utilize. Converting to JPG destroys that information. Creating a JPG
 preview for display in a gallery or an a page would be good but uploading
 the original file without modification is needed. \\



 Replying to [comment:20 azaozz]:
 > 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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