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Subject: CVS commit: pkgsrc/graphics/libheif
From: Thomas Klausner
Date: 2024-11-04 18:07:34
Message id: 20241104170734.418ACFC7E@cvs.NetBSD.org
Log Message:
libheif: update to 1.19.1.
1.19.1
Fixes backwards compatibility of heif_context_set_maximum_image_size_limit() (#1359).
v1.19.0 - tile access for high-resolution images
The major new feature in this release is the decoding of separate image tiles \
and also encoding an image tile by tile. This allows to process high-resolution \
images that do not fit into memory.
We support three tiling methods:
grid, which is the default tiling method used in most existing HEIC or AVIF \
images.
unci, which is the built-in tiling method of the ISO 23001-17 uncompressed codec.
tili, which is a proprietary scheme with much less overhead than grid and \
which supports efficient streaming of high-resolution images over networks \
without having to download huge amounts of metadata before the first tile can be \
decoded. It also supports much larger images than possible with grid. As an \
extra, it supports the processing of multi-dimensional images, like 3D image \
cubes, or image sets addressed by several parameter dimensions, for example \
multi-spectral images. See the specification of this format.
Developers will find more information in the tiling API documentation. Also \
check out the example viewer for tiled images and the example images on this \
page.
The heif-enc command line tool can now also encode tiled and multi-resolution \
pyramids. See the description.
Other changes:
decoding is faster, especially if you let libheif decide on the best \
colorspace to work in by passing heif_colorspace_unknown and heif_chroma_unknown \
to heif_decode_image(). It will then use the input colorspace and avoid \
unnecessary conversions.
support for multi-resolution pyramids (pymd) to show downscaled versions of \
high-resolution images
improved reader interface that enables to connect libheif to a network \
source. Libheif will request the portions of the image file that have to be \
downloaded from the server. This is especially useful in connection with the \
tiling / multi-resolution pyramid feature.
function to generate overlay images
decoding progress is signaled to the client application and decoding can be \
cancelled
decoding of AVC encoded images through OpenH264
security limits can be changed to be able to read very large images
This is a big release with the help of many people reporting issues or providing \
contributions. Thank you to all of them!
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