Not too sure where I should post this, I can't find a place for bug or questions. I'm trying to add this repo on Ubuntu 21.10, but it fails to validate the signature of packages when I try to install Darktable 3.8.1. I have added the key, but it refuses to install the packages. Should I post the error here ? Or where would that be ? Thanks ! :-)
Hello,
this is actually a request but I couldn't find where to create a new request so here I am…
I currently have Darktable installed and updated via this repository, as is advised on darktable.org. But it can't open the Heif files from my phone.
Checking the version details, I see:
libavif -> DISABLED
libheif -> DISABLED
libjxl -> DISABLED
So it seems these formats were disabled at build stage.
JPEG XL and Avif are quite unusual (though I'm not sure why not to enable them), but Heif is quickly becoming a de facto standard, used notably by Apple and Samsung smartphones. libheif is now available (if not installed by default) in most distributions' repositories. So I really think it should be enabled in your Darktable builds, so every phone user doesn't have to build it from source.
Thanks for your work anyway!
You don't say which distribution you're using, but we build with AVIF support.
HEIF is a patent minefield. It is not a format which should be used and supported by Free Software users. You might find libheif in distributions, but only because it also supports AVIF. That means your installed libheif doesn't have HEIF support at all! Write to Samsung that they should use and support royalty free media codecs by default.
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Not too sure where I should post this, I can't find a place for bug or questions. I'm trying to add this repo on Ubuntu 21.10, but it fails to validate the signature of packages when I try to install Darktable 3.8.1. I have added the key, but it refuses to install the packages. Should I post the error here ? Or where would that be ? Thanks ! :-)
4.6.1 is available! Will this package be updated?
Hello, this is actually a request but I couldn't find where to create a new request so here I am… I currently have Darktable installed and updated via this repository, as is advised on darktable.org. But it can't open the Heif files from my phone. Checking the version details, I see: libavif -> DISABLED libheif -> DISABLED libjxl -> DISABLED So it seems these formats were disabled at build stage.
JPEG XL and Avif are quite unusual (though I'm not sure why not to enable them), but Heif is quickly becoming a de facto standard, used notably by Apple and Samsung smartphones. libheif is now available (if not installed by default) in most distributions' repositories. So I really think it should be enabled in your Darktable builds, so every phone user doesn't have to build it from source. Thanks for your work anyway!
You don't say which distribution you're using, but we build with AVIF support.
HEIF is a patent minefield. It is not a format which should be used and supported by Free Software users. You might find libheif in distributions, but only because it also supports AVIF. That means your installed libheif doesn't have HEIF support at all! Write to Samsung that they should use and support royalty free media codecs by default.