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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 25 for Windows => Topic started by: Osho on May 05, 2019, 02:28:47 am

Title: HEIC support
Post by: Osho on May 05, 2019, 02:28:47 am
Hi,

Does MC25 support or plan to support HEIC? I saw an old thread regarding this in MC24 forum, but nothing else shows up in the search.

Thanks,
Osho
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: Hendrik on May 05, 2019, 06:05:43 am
Yes we plan to support HEIC. Not quite sure when we'll get around to it.
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: Osho on May 05, 2019, 11:52:02 pm
I look forward to it.

Is it possible to at least manage the HEIC files (e.g. move them to different folders based on the dates when pictures were taken?). Our family has moved to latest iPhones and we have been using HEIC more and more often. It is all getting collected in one folder (with tons of files). I wish I could at least organize it in Year/month folders.

Thanks,
Osho
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: Museum on May 06, 2019, 02:18:57 am
I have asked for HEIC support more than a year ago. So hopefully MC25 will deliver… I think the problem will be 10 bit support with standard graphic driver. Zoner Photo Studio was claiming HEIC support but they told me only 8 bit with Intel/Windows 10. And the situation shouldn't change soon… You need a professional Nvidia (Quadro) or AMD (Radeon) to get 10 bit with Photoshop. Krita (free Software for Animation) is working with Intel to solve this problem. Till now I didn't find a Viewer which show pictures with 10 bit (like HDR 10). Panasonic is claiming 10 bit suport (HLG Photo) with their new S1R - but no information how to save those files with a program to show it on a (Panasonic) TV. You have to run a HDMI-cable between the camera and the TV. I can't find reports how it works.
The user "antcodd46" in a recent discussion at reddit gives a detailed description about the problem:
"NVIDIA supports a 10-bit desktop for DirectX applications using the new Windows Advanced Color when the HDR/WCG toggle is on. This causes Windows to render in a 16-bit floating point scRGB linear gamma format, where legacy applications are mapped from sRGB into the HDR space. The GPU is then supposed to do a transformation from linear gamma to the st.2084/PQ gamma function used by HDR if the monitor is in HDR mode. Unfortunately no creative apps like Photoshop (other than a Krita alpha) support this Windows Advanced Color API and do indeed still require a Quadro as they tend to use an old OpenGL 10-bit mode. AMD consumer cards cards also do not support windowed OpenGL 10-bit."

Regards Stefan
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: Osho on May 06, 2019, 11:03:14 pm
Since iOS 11, iPhones have switched to HEIC format by default. I am sure there are tons of folks out there who are using both iPhones and MC. Even if '10-bit support' (details of which I quite don't understand or care to know) isn't there - just show us these pictures (even if it is not the best quality possible) and let us organize it with metadata (date etc.).

Osho
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: imeric on December 21, 2019, 09:35:10 pm
Folks to remain the best media player out there, I hope this one is on top of your priority list.

Can't believe I had to reinstall the native Photos app from the windows store to be able to watch my Iphone pics...
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: Osho on March 14, 2020, 02:43:55 am
Is there a plan to support HEIC in MC26?

Osho
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: marko on March 14, 2020, 03:00:43 am
It's there already, since 26.0.24.

I havn't been able to do a lot of testing, but it is there. Images import and display correctly, tagging appears to be OK too. I have not tested with iPhone 'HEVC' video files....

-marko
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: Hendrik on March 14, 2020, 12:56:42 pm
tagging appears to be OK too.

If you could test and confirm that, that would be great. I was not able to fully test tagging due to lack of a images.
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: Osho on March 14, 2020, 05:01:17 pm
Great. Thanks!

I didn't see HEIC in "New in MC26" sticky thread in MC26 forum. Perhaps, that should be advertised.

Osho
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: imeric on March 18, 2020, 02:52:25 pm
It imports fine thanks for adding this feature however tags are missing on import in the library:
Date Taken, Camera Maker, Model, F-stop, exposure, ISO etc...
So no tags are imported and that's with an Iphone 8S Plus
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: Hendrik on March 19, 2020, 05:26:06 am
Can you send me an image with tags that are not being imported?
I'm at "hendrik at jriver dot com"
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: imeric on March 19, 2020, 03:19:16 pm
Can you send me an image with tags that are not being imported?
I'm at "hendrik at jriver dot com"
Done thx for helping out.
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: imeric on April 08, 2020, 09:09:21 am
Hello Hendrik,

Any updates on this request? Running 26.0.50 but still no tags in MC.

Thx
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: Hendrik on April 28, 2020, 07:35:26 am
The next build will include Exif metadata support as found in your sample image, and some XMP support. Reading only, writing will be another can of worms.
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: imeric on April 28, 2020, 09:20:09 am
Reading only is all I need. Thank you sir!
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: shmulik509 on December 19, 2021, 01:44:36 pm
tested with 26.0.107, I fail to load HEIC files taken with iPhone 12 mini. idea?
CopyTrans works just fine on these images.
advice?
Shmulik
Title: Re: HEIC support
Post by: Awesome Donkey on December 20, 2021, 04:54:56 am
Have you tried Media Center 28? There's a chance HEIC support has been improved since Media Center 26.