Enable support for HEIF/HEIF format
Description:
Darktable has support for HEIF/HEIF since 3.8 (https://www.darktable.org/2021/12/darktable-3.8.0-released/). This format is used by some cameras (e.g. Canon, iPhone) to produce higher quality images (without being fully unprocessed like RAW). It would be valuable to enable it for some users (I'm personally very interested). Happy to help with testing.
Additional info:
In order to be enabled, it would be simply needed to add to the package mandatory dependencies:
-
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/exiv2/ for EXIF support (
BMFF
is needed and already enabled there) - https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/libheif/
See for more info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format
Thanks!