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This WebP format has been around for decades. It is showing up EVERYWHERE when you want to access or download an image for personal use.

In my past, I have used utilities to convert this to a format I am use to for Linux. But on Win/MAC this is unnecessary as they fully understand WebP. And web designers do, also, if for no other reason than to take advantage to its filesize reductions while maintaining image quality!

Google has a set of publicly available tools (open sourced) that allow the manipulations that we have in tools like ffmpeg and etc. They are small and terminal oriented, yet useful in many of our everyday tasks.

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Is there a way to 'install' their tar-file of utilities in BKWP64 or convert the tar to pet in F96 or in the KL forum distros such that the distro know these are installed in their Package Managers?

Clarity wrote: ↑Thu Jun 13, 2024 11:45 pm

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Is there a way to 'install' their tar-file of utilities in BKWP64 or convert the tar to pet in F96 or in the KL forum distros such that the distro know these are installed in their Package Managers?

Looks to me by looking through OctoXbps, that the Void based KLs have google webp libraries installed, and the google webp tools are right there in the package manager to install.

It's available in the Fatdog64 702's repo since 2016, and included out of the box in Fatdog64 800 releases since 2018

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Apupp ... &type=code

.....or, for those running older Pups without native WebP support, I knocked-together a small, very simple GUI-based utility last year following a discussion on this same point:-

viewtopic.php?t=2166

WebP2PNG

It supports conversion between WebP and either PNG or JPG, using Google's own publicly available WebP tools.

When you open the ROX-app, the GUI appears along with an empty ROX-filer window. Drag the file(s) you wish to convert into this window, then run the appropriate operation. Very simple.

(It's best to convert files one at a time. I never did figure out how to convert multiple files in a single operation!)

The "gThumb" button is not part of the uploaded app. This is my own personal build; I use gThumb as it has native WebP support for viewing images. Not everyone will have this installed, or will wish to use it anyway.

This is 64-bit only, I'm afraid. Google made the source code available, but the only pre-compiled binaries/libs that are ready to download & use are 64-bit.......so that's what this uses, 'cos my compiling "skills" are absolutely atrocious...

IF anyone's interested, y'all can find it here:-

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/984bxihyuhkzu/WebP2PNG

Perhaps it'll be of use for some of you. Enjoy.

Mike.

Upgraded version of the above now includes conversion routines for WebM (the other half of the same Google project) to Mp4.....and back the other way. Just an 'enhancement' for those who might want to do summat with these, too.

See here:-

viewtopic.php?t=11859

Mike.