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Re:The case against JPEG XL by pkulak on Sunday September 13, 2026 @09:37PM (#49690775)
We have to apply some weight to the fact that one is open, one isn't, right?

EDIT: Oh! Of course. AVIF is based on AV1. For some reason I was thinking HEIF the entire time I was reading the article. Man... withdrawn!

Really good read, btw. Very good points.

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Re:The case against JPEG XL by computerbuster on Sunday September 13, 2026 @09:41PM (#49690795)
AVIF is royalty-free, & SVT-AV1 and libaom are open source.

Edit: saw you corrected. Much appreciated!

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Re:The case against JPEG XL by dannyw on Sunday September 13, 2026 @09:57PM (#49690935)
SVT-AV1 is also more than just open source in name only; development and discussions happen in the open; with many community forks that’s now getting upstreamed/merged.

It is a true open source project; not just an open source license.

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Re:The case against JPEG XL by computerbuster on Sunday September 13, 2026 @10:01PM (#49690961)
SVT-AV1-PSY was the first fork, and I created it. When the project matured, the maintainers reached out directly to get things merged – I can confirm it is a great project with great people who are very easy to work with.
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Re:The case against JPEG XL by abhinavk on Sunday September 13, 2026 @09:45PM (#49690837)
Both are open I think.
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Re:The case against JPEG XL by gsnedders on Monday September 14, 2026 @03:44AM (#49693301)
AVIF _is_ AV1 in the HEIF container.

(.heif is sometimes used as a file extension generically, but HEIF is itself a container that can support various payloads.)

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