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<body><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">In version digiKam-8.0.0 the HIF extension is now supported.</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;"><a href="https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/f1e3858baaedc22f550d16d4382389f7228cdbae">https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/f1e3858baaedc22f550d16d4382389f7228cdbae</a></p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Maik</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Am Donnerstag, 30. Juni 2022, 22:47:41 CEST schrieben Sie:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> KF5 Plasma also supports HIF as HEIF image format, I add it to the database.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Maik</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Am Donnerstag, 30. Juni 2022, 22:28:58 CEST schrieben Sie:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > I'm in the process of patching it for digiKam-8.0.0. However, the</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > extension</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > HIF is not an official extension for HEIF. The extension actually stands</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > for a program "Quicken". So I won't add it as an auto-detected mime type.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > Or do you think otherwise, Gilles?</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > Maik</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > Am Donnerstag, 30. Juni 2022, 22:19:25 CEST schrieb Gilles Caulier:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > Hi,</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > Please report this as a new entry in bugzilla. The HEIf plugin is not</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > the only where we need to patch for HIF support as an extension...</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&product=digikam</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > Thanks in advance</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > Gilles Caulier</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > Le jeu. 30 juin 2022 à 17:10, Michael Kefeder <m.kefeder@gmail.com> a</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > écrit</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > Hello,</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > I just tried digikam 7.7.0 on macOS and I want to add .HIF files to be</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > loaded by the HEIF loader plugin. Any hints on how to go about this?</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > I added HIF to the mimetype settings, but that doesn't help. Renaming</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > a</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > .hif file to .heif makes them show (however my camera sticks to the</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > ancient 8.3 filename pattern, hence uses .hif and I prefer not to</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > having</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > to rename my files)</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > I dug around the source code a bit, changing</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > core/dplugins/dimg/heif/dimgheifplugin.cpp typeMimes() to also return</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > HIF</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > in the string looks like a solution. Is that what's needed, or is</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > there</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > another way?</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > thanks in advance</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > Mike</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > p.s.: It's great that you offer HEIF support, thanks! The commercial</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > competition does not, and seemingly isn't even working on it...</p>
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