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Re:The AV2 Video Standard Has Released (Final v1.0 Specifica... by Gigachad on Sunday May 31, 2026 @03:50AM (#48343842)
There aren’t _that_ many. HEIF has been an unusually large pain in the ass just because it’s both patent encumbered and incredibly popular since the iPhone and many cameras use it.

JPEG is woefully outdated with the lack of HDR and modern compression, HEIF can’t be used without paying a license, webp was designed just for extremely efficient small images rather than local storage, avif I’ve never seen used ever, and JPEG XL is on track to be the next major format.

I agree we don’t need an avif2, but until jpeg xl there really weren’t any decent alternatives for jpeg.

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Re:The AV2 Video Standard Has Released (Final v1.0 Specifica... by hulitu on Sunday May 31, 2026 @04:00AM (#48343874)
> There aren’t _that_ many.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_graphics_file_fo...

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Re:The AV2 Video Standard Has Released (Final v1.0 Specifica... by Gigachad on Sunday May 31, 2026 @04:20AM (#48343959)
Almost all of these are historic relics of no relevance today. FLIF for example was a research project that was later the basis of JPEG-XL.

Pretty much only the ones I listed previously are serious contenders in the space right now.

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