Libheif

Jul 20, 2023

ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format de- and encoder

libheif is an ISO/IEC 23008-122017 HEIF file format decoder and encoder.

HEIF is a new image file format employing HEVC h.265 image coding for the best compression ratios currently possible.

libheif makes use of libde265 for the actual image decoding and x265 for encoding. Alternative codecs for, e.g., AVC and JPEG can be provided as plugins.



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