Hello fellow Libre Software Enthusiasts, Fool me once, maybe a coincidence, but twice? I don’t think so. Preface: HEIC/HEIF (HEVC) is proprietary format of MS and APPL. AVIF (from AV1) is libre software from Alliance of Open Media (AOM). What happened: For the second time this year, KDE devs (M…

Well, Micro$oft has been sabotaging my life, prosperity, and happiness, before I was even born, but that is completely beside the point. Very few people on this forum hate Micro$oft as much as I do. If there was a prize awarded to whomever hates Micro$oft the most, I think I’d have a pretty good ch…

[image] Kresimir: Frankly, I’m surprised it wasn’t solved back then. It’s just a pity that i can’t find other exactly the same threads under other usernames that was going on for hundreds of posts right before they were removed and delisted… [image]

Well, I’m open to troubleshoot this for an hour or two, if the OP wants to coopearate. Other than that, I can only say that everything is working fine for me. :man_shrugging:

[image] sonic: HEIC/HEIF (HEVC) is proprietary format of MS and APPL. AVIF (from AV1) is libre software from Alliance of Open Media (AOM). I think the OP is talking about that that the av1 version of avif is removed but not the hevc version from microsoft? I don’t use kde but apparently som…

Could you please give an example of a picture (somewhere on the web, just link it) that should work in, for example, Gwenview, but actually doesn’t? [image] fred666: Just a thought I’m afraid that’s not very much to go on, when it comes to troubleshooting.

[image] keybreak: They’re sabotaging his configuration from about November 2022 non-stop. At least for that username… [image] KDE Libraries Regression Affecting Multiple KDE Software Plasma Can you please confirm that kimageformats removed support for avif compressi…

I think we’ll hear about those M$ employees next year around autumn :rofl:

[image] Kresimir: If there was a prize awarded to whomever hates Micro$oft the most, I think I’d have a pretty good chance of winning it. [image]

Hmm… someone going to the trouble of spreading FUD about KDE across multiple fora :thinking: ▶ I think I've identified the perpetrator

KDE Keeps Proprietar Formats But Removes Libre/Free Formats

Desktop Environments Plasma

anthony93 August 30, 2023, 11:11am 11

There is a copy paste of that post on Garuda Linux’s forum as well. The poster never responded to the attempts made to diagnose the problem.

There is also a copy paste of the current post on Garuda Linux’s forum.

Edit:
The same post also appeared on Manjaro’s forum.

And Artix Linux’s.