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What is the non-open source codec?
HALIC (High Availability Lossless Image Compression) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38990568
Thank yoU! Totally missed this.
Google Revisits JPEG XL in Chromium After Earlier Removal
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Re: Google Revisits JPEG XL in Chromium After Earlier Removal
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is the non-open source codec?
HALIC is by far the best lossless codec in terms of speed/compression ratio. If lossy mode were similarly available, we might not be discussing all these issues. I think he stopped developing HALIC for a long time due to lack of interest. Its developer is also developing HALAC (High Availability Lossless Audio Compression). He recently released the source code for the first version of HALAC. And I don't think anyone…
Thank you for the information! Appreciate it. Will look into this more.
Re: Google Revisits JPEG XL in Chromium After Earlier Removal
#1032026 is nearly upon us, and Google, Microsoft, and Apple remain steadfast in the refusal to ever allow anyone to share wide-gamut or HDR images. Every year, I go on a rant about how my camera can take HDR images natively, but the only way to share these with a wider audience is to convert them to a slideshow and make a Rec.2020 HDR movie that I upload to YouTube. It's absolutely bonkers to me that we've all collectiv…
Just use PNG: https://www.w3.org/TR/png-3/ (for HDR content, see the cICP, mDCV and cLLI chunks; also note that PNG supports up to 16-bit channel depth out of the box).
PNG encoding a 16-bit HDR photo from my old camera needs about 150 MB, from the new camera they're something like 220 MB.
That's a size of a 30 minute TV show for a single happy snap.
Not exactly user-friendly for sharing in a text message.
Re: Google Revisits JPEG XL in Chromium After Earlier Removal
#104Imagine not trashing it for no valid reason in the first place, saving the useless effort to ditch it and then resume it shortly after.