Request to package webp pixbuf

Bug #1886272 reported by Éric Piel
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1864215: Please add webp loader to gdk-pixbuf. Edit Remove
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libwebp (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
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Bug Description

It is not currently possible to open a WebP image in any standard application on Ubuntu (except Firefox). There is a now a small extension for gdk-pixbuf to support webp: https://github.com/aruiz/webp-pixbuf-loader

Such extension has already been packaged for HEIF (heif-gdk-pixbuf), it'd be nice to have it for WebP too.

Once installed, any standard Gnome program can support reading such image, and in particular, eog.

An example file:
https://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery/1.webp

Changed in libwebp (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in libwebp (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Jan Claeys (janc)
information type: Public → Public Security
information type: Public Security → Public
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Dan MacDonald (allcoms) wrote :

+1 for libwebp

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