AVIF support enabled by default in Firefox 86

Re:AVIF support enabled by default in Firefox 86 by LeoPanthera on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:23PM (#25708102)

And HEIF is to HEVC/h.265. HEIF is the default photo format for iPhones, which virtually guarantees its future success.

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Re:AVIF support enabled by default in Firefox 86 by viktorcode on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:54AM (#25712523)

HEIF is a container with support for different codecs. HEIC is what it's called when it contains HEVC media. AVIF is in fact a HEIF containing AV1.

It all boils down to codec support. Past year Apple finally started supporting Google codecs, so Safari gained VP9 and WebP.

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Re:AVIF support enabled by default in Firefox 86 by LeoPanthera on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:29PM (#25717777)

See, and I knew that, but I still typed HEIF. I'm an idiot.

Thanks for correcting me.

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