#131 Please add: *.HEIF, *.WebM, *.WebP file formats, and package the app and add to the Microsoft Store.

[my.life.is.confetti]

Hello.

I would like to post a Feature Request for the addition of the:

HEIC (*.heic)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format https://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-h/image-file-format

WebM (*.webm)
https://www.webmproject.org/

WebP (*.webp)
https://developers.google.com/speed/webp

file formats. It's dumb that they aren't already supported. FIX! PLS? THX!

...using JPEGView, and opening a webm or webp or heic file and seeing a black screen stating:

The file 'example.webm' could not be read!

OR

The file 'example.webp' could not be read!

OR

The file 'example.heic' could not be read!

...makes JPEGView seem "broken" or at least "old" or worse.... ..."incomplete", and not up-to-date with all major current file formats. I mean, it can read RAW file formats like Fujifilm's *.RAF.

I would like to see these three major file formats added to the repetoire of JPEGView's capabilities. It's a fantastic, if not the ONLY, "GOOD" Windows Image Viewer. Not to mention the quickest. Please keep it that way.

The only real "gripe" I would have is the absence of JPEGView in the Microsoft Store. Please fix this too.

[Melvin Nava]

JPEGView can read .webp files.. make sure you have webp.dll on the same folder of JPEGView.exe (and test that the .webp file is valid, sometimes images have file extensions that don't match their true format) [...] As for other image formats, I could get behind the idea as long as it doesn't slow down the program start up and running times, because being fast is currently one of its more important features. In my case, I have a different program associated by default with image formats (a program that can handle most known image/video formats). But I still use JPEGView more than any other image viewer or editor (from the context menus, or with the middle mouse button —with an AutoHotkey script—).

Anyway. I think it's been almost two years since the last update.. fingers crossed..

If you really need to access those formats you may consider using a different viewer for those filetypes (there are quite a few) and keep using JPEGView for the main image formats.. I mean, the program it's called JPEGView for a reason, we're just lucky it can handle more filetypes. You could for example, use AutoHotkey to use the middle mouse button to load different file formats with alternate programs without modifying their default associations. Just an idea.

Personally, I think the idea of the Microsoft Store seems unnecesary. The program is currently portable. One can just copy it anywhere on the drive or even on a thumb drive and use it anywhere with all its settings. No install/uninstalled is ever required, and no traces on the Windows registry.

Regards!!