Except for maybe some "extension", I have not been able to view .heic picture file types on W!!. We had a person transfer pictures from a Samsun Galaxy phone to W11 via email first off. Once there they CAN be viewed by Google in Gmail, but the Photos App and other things tried so far can not use that format. So, since the destination was W11 by my visual impaired friend, a solution was sought to ensure they come across as a .jp or jpeg file type. We cold convert them using Real HEIC .. Converter App from Microsoft Store, but the additional steps were not desired.
I believe the phone use followed procedures below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1YPkIZY_tU&ab_channel=Fix369 (Getting
to JPG for a Samsung phone)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1YPkIZY_tU&ab_channel=Fix369 (How
Galaxy went to HEIC and how to convert to JPG)
to get them to friends W11 and he moved them into "some" folder he couldn't remember. I did a global search using EVERYTHING App (great App) for *.JPG (the file type on all his other pictures) and found nothing. Since he claimed to have worked with them, I finally looked up .JPG versus .JPEG file types and discovered they are identical, but just the suffix is different. Great! Another incompatibility change that instead of making it transparent, i.e., search for .jpg gives you .jpeg also, the Apps and File Explorer treats them unique.
The Converter used also saved the converted .heic file to a .JPEG, unknow to me. Well, my BAD for not knowing this!
All is resolved now and we willll remember to look for .jpeg files in addition to the hundred of .jpg files he his. I am curious as to which host applications, e.g., FamilySearch or other places where files can be uploaded recognize both and .heic. Recognizing it and processing it sure would have been nice!
No comments:
Post a Comment