[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42775: Support uploading files in HEIF and HEVC formats
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#42775: Support uploading files in HEIF and HEVC formats
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Reporter: mattheweppelsheimer | Owner: (none)
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: 5.5
Component: Upload | Version:
Severity: minor | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: needs-patch | Focuses: administration
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Changes (by mattheweppelsheimer):
* keywords: needs-patch 2nd-opinion close => needs-patch
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => wontfix
Comment:
Based on recent input and research contributed to this ticket, I'm closing
it out.
To summarize:
1. When I first opened the ticket, I imagined the HEIF and HEVC formats
would gain support across browsers and mobile platforms. That has not
happened.
2. Apple devices don't support a consistent workflow for exporting or
manipulating these file types but do export them to JPEG in a graceful
degradation scenario, so it isn't as if the images are stuck on those
devices. This isn't really WordPress' problem to fix.
3. There's no way to display these file types visually due to lack of
browser support, with no sign of that changing. It doesn't make sense for
a web content management system to support media formats that don't work
on the web.
4. The majority of WordPress users do not need this — it clearly doesn't
pass the 80/20 test.
5. For the minority of users who do want this, there are filter hooks
available to exploit.
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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42775#comment:33>
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