![]() My interest was simply because I wanted to be able to download the above-mentioned photo files and view them all in the file managers and image-viewing applications in Linux and Android on my various devices. Anyway, I’ll leave you to read the fine print. Apparently the HEIF format is superior to the JPEG format in a number of ways (see the links at the end of my post, especially the image examples given by Nokia), although it is subject to patents and therefore I believe there are certain constraints to coding image files in HEIC format. I have since learnt that these HEIC files were produced by iPhones running iOS 11, encoded using the HEIF (High Efficiency Image File) format. HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) extension, which I had not come across before. ![]() I was at an event recently where the attendees were asked to upload their camera and smartphone photos and videos to a shared Google Drive folder.
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