I'm on Windows and I often receive photos from iPhones in the HEIC format. Though I can convert them, it's annoying to have to do that just to view the dang photo. Is there a FOSS program that can open them without converting them? Something like VLC which pretty much handles all video formats.

I've tried downloading the HEIF Image Extension but that does absolutely nothing.

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[–] matrixrunner@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

nomacs would fit the bill. The website says it can read HEIC files.

Irfanview is another option if closed-sources freeware is acceptable.

[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's amazing that Irfanview is still around 30 years later and doing it's ONE THING so well still. Sure, it looks a little dated these days and can feel a bit obtuse, but it's an invaluable piece of software.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"Looks a little dated" is just a pessimistic way to say "they haven't fucked with the ui for no reason".
I use it exactly because it still looks like it did 20 years ago.

[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, for sure. I'm not offended by it, just stating fact.

[–] impudentmortal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Nomacs seems to work perfectly! It even has some photo editing built in which is a nice bonus. Thanks for the recommendation!

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Nice. Didn't know nomacs

[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

nomacs sounds neat and does RAW.