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@Staudey Staudey commented Jan 2, 2026

Summary

Changes:

  • This release adds full support for reading and writing HEIF image sequences
  • Support for image sequences with alpha channels
  • Support for sequence track edit lists to define the number of sequence repetitions
  • New encoder plugin using x264 to write H.264-compressed video streams and images
  • The FFmpeg decoder plugin will now decode both H.265 and H.264
  • Support for HEIF text items and language properties

Full release notes available here

Security
Includes fixes for:

  • CVE-2025-68431

Test Plan

Encoded and decoded a bunch of images

Checklist

  • Package was built and tested against unstable
  • This change could gainfully be listed in the weekly sync notes once merged

**Summary**

Changes:
- This release adds full support for reading and writing HEIF image sequences
- Support for image sequences with alpha channels
- Support for sequence track edit lists to define the number of sequence repetitions
- New encoder plugin using x264 to write H.264-compressed video streams and images
- The FFmpeg decoder plugin will now decode both H.265 and H.264
- Support for HEIF text items and language properties

Full release notes available [here](https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.21.0)

**Security**
Includes fixes for:
- CVE-2025-68431

Signed-off-by: Thomas Staudinger <Staudi.Kaos@gmail.com>
@Staudey Staudey added the Type: Security Security issue label Jan 2, 2026
@github-project-automation github-project-automation bot moved this to Triage in Solus Jan 2, 2026
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LGTM, thanks!

@EbonJaeger EbonJaeger merged commit 8defd1f into getsolus:main Jan 2, 2026
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