codec: rate browser support in my biased opinion
[sheet.git] / codec.inc.pl
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@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ codec => {
                name => '<abbr title="Joint Photographic Experts Group">JPEG</abbr>',
                available => 1992,
        },
+       gif => {
+               name => '<abbr title="Graphics Interchange Format">GIF</abbr>',
+               available => 1987,
+       },
        png => {
                name => '<abbr title="Portable Network Graphics">PNG</abbr>',
                available => 1996,
@@ -31,10 +35,14 @@ codec => {
        },
 },
 feature => {
+       default => {
+               children => [qw( quality_photo quality_art speed limits features royalties support )],
+       },
        quality_photo => {
                name => 'compression (photo)',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 3,
+                       gif  => 1,
                        png  => 1,
                        jp2k => 4,
                        webp => 3,
@@ -42,23 +50,28 @@ feature => {
                        avif => 5,
                        jxl  => 5,
                },
+               children => [qw( quality_photo_1 quality_photo_2 quality_photo_3 quality_photo_ll )],
        },
        quality_photo_1 => {
-               name => 'low fidelity',
+               parent => 'quality_photo',
+               name => 'thumbnails',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 2,
+                       gif  => 1,
                        png  => 1,
                        jp2k => 3,
-                       webp => 3,
+                       webp => 4,
                        heic => 5,
                        avif => 5,
-                       jxl  => 4,
+                       jxl  => 3,
                },
        },
        quality_photo_2 => {
+               parent => 'quality_photo',
                name => 'medium fidelity',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 3,
+                       gif  => 1,
                        png  => 1,
                        jp2k => 4,
                        webp => 3,
@@ -68,9 +81,11 @@ feature => {
                },
        },
        quality_photo_3 => {
+               parent => 'quality_photo',
                name => 'high fidelity',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 3,
+                       gif  => 1,
                        png  => 2,
                        jp2k => 4,
                        webp => 2,
@@ -80,9 +95,11 @@ feature => {
                },
        },
        quality_photo_ll => {
+               parent => 'quality_photo',
                name => 'lossless',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 1,
+                       gif  => 1,
                        png  => 2,
                        jp2k => 4,
                        webp => 3,
@@ -95,6 +112,7 @@ feature => {
                name => 'compression (other images)',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 2,
+                       gif  => 1,
                        png  => 3,
                        jp2k => 2,
                        webp => 4,
@@ -102,11 +120,13 @@ feature => {
                        avif => 4.5,
                        jxl  => 5,
                },
+               children => [qw( quality_art_2 quality_art_ll quality_art_mixed )],
        },
        quality_art_2 => {
                name => 'lossy non-photographic',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 2,
+                       gif  => 2,
                        png  => 3,
                        jp2k => 2,
                        webp => 4,
@@ -119,6 +139,7 @@ feature => {
                name => 'lossless non-photographic',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 1,
+                       gif  => 1,
                        png  => 4,
                        jp2k => 2,
                        webp => 5,
@@ -131,6 +152,7 @@ feature => {
                name => 'mixed photo/nonphoto',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 2,
+                       gif  => 1,
                        png  => 2,
                        jp2k => 2,
                        webp => 3,
@@ -142,6 +164,7 @@ feature => {
        speed => {
                score => {
                        jpeg => 5,
+                       gif  => 4,
                        png  => 4,
                        jp2k => 3,
                        webp => 4,
@@ -149,11 +172,14 @@ feature => {
                        avif => 3,
                        jxl  => 5,
                },
+               children => [qw( speed_encode speed_decode speed_parallel )],
        },
        speed_encode => {
+               parent => 'speed',
                name => 'single-core encode',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 5,
+                       gif  => 3, # palette conversion
                        png  => 3,
                        jp2k => 4,
                        webp => 4,
@@ -163,9 +189,11 @@ feature => {
                },
        },
        speed_decode => {
+               parent => 'speed',
                name => 'single-core decode',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 5,
+                       gif  => 5,
                        png  => 5,
                        jp2k => 4,
                        webp => 5,
@@ -175,9 +203,11 @@ feature => {
                },
        },
        speed_parallel => {
+               parent => 'speed',
                name => 'pararellizable',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 2,
+                       gif  => 2,
                        png  => 2,
                        jp2k => 4,
                        webp => 2,
@@ -189,6 +219,7 @@ feature => {
        limits => {
                score => {
                        jpeg => 3,
+                       gif  => 2,
                        png  => 4,
                        jp2k => 5,
                        webp => 2,
@@ -196,47 +227,56 @@ feature => {
                        avif => 4.5,
                        jxl  => 5,
                },
+               children => [qw( max_dimensions max_bitdepth color_444 hdr max_channels  )],
        },
        max_dimensions => {
+               parent => 'limits',
                name => 'maximum image dimensions',
-               data => {
-                       jpeg => '65k²',  # 2**16
-                       png  => '2G²',   # 2**31
-                       jp2k => '4G²',   # 2**32
-                       webp => '16k²',  # 2**14
-                       heic => '8k×4k+', # 2**13
-                       avif => '8k×4k+',
-                       jxl  => '1G²',   # 2**30
+               score => {
+                       jpeg => [3, '65k²'],   # 2**16
+                       gif  => [3, '65k²'],   # 2**16
+                       png  => [4,  '2G²'],   # 2**31
+                       jp2k => [5,  '4G²'],   # 2**32
+                       webp => [1, '16k²'],   # 2**14
+                       heic => [2,'8k×4k+', 'tilable, only 512×512 on Apple'], # 8193x4320
+                       avif => [3, '65k²+', 'tilable, 7680×4320 with Advanced profile'], # 2**16
+                       jxl  => [4,  '1G²'],   # 2**30
                },
        },
        max_bitdepth => {
+               parent => 'limits',
                name => 'precision (max. bit depth)',
-               data => {
-                       jpeg => 8,
-                       png  => 16,
-                       jp2k => 38,
-                       webp => 8,
-                       heic => 10,
-                       avif => 10,
-                       jxl  => 32,
+               score => {
+                       jpeg => [2,  8],
+                       gif  => [1,  8, '256 colour palette per frame'],
+                       png  => [4, 16],
+                       jp2k => [5, 38],
+                       webp => [2,  8],
+                       heic => [3, 10], #TODO 16?
+                       avif => [3, 12, '8, 10, 12 bit'],
+                       jxl  => [5, 32, '24-bit integer or 32-bit float'],
                },
        },
        color_444 => {
-               name => 'can do (lossy) 4:4:4',
+               parent => 'limits',
+               name => 'chroma subsampling',
                score => {
-                       jpeg => 'y',
-                       png  => 'y',
+                       jpeg => ['y', undef, '4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4'],
+                       gif  => [4, '✘'],
+                       png  => [4, '✘'],
                        jp2k => 'y',
-                       webp => 'n',
-                       heic => 'n',
-                       avif => 'y',
-                       jxl  => 'y',
+                       webp => [1, '4:2:0'],
+                       heic => [1, '4:2:0'],
+                       avif => ['y', undef, '4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4'],
+                       jxl  => ['y', undef, 'for JPEG compatibility'],
                },
        },
        hdr => {
+               parent => 'limits',
                name => 'wide gamut/HDR',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 'n',
+                       gif  => 'n',
                        png  => 'y',
                        jp2k => 'y',
                        webp => 'n',
@@ -246,20 +286,23 @@ feature => {
                },
        },
        max_channels => {
+               parent => 'limits',
                name => 'maximum number of channels',
-               data => {
-                       jpeg => 4, # cmyk
-                       png  => 4, # cmyk
-                       jp2k => 2**15,
-                       webp => 4,
-                       heic => 5,
-                       avif => 5,
-                       jxl  => 4099,
+               score => {
+                       jpeg => [3, 4, 'RGB or CMYK'],
+                       gif  => [3, 3, 'RGB palette'],
+                       png  => [3, 4, 'RGBA'],
+                       jp2k => [5, 2**15],
+                       webp => [3, 4, 'RGBA'],
+                       heic => [3, 3, 'RGB, separate alpha and depth'],
+                       avif => [3, 3, 'RGB, separate alpha and depth'],
+                       jxl  => [4, 4099, 'native XYB'],
                },
        },
        features => {
                score => {
                        jpeg => 2,
+                       gif  => 2,
                        png  => 3,
                        jp2k => 4,
                        webp => 2,
@@ -267,28 +310,28 @@ feature => {
                        avif => 4,
                        jxl  => 5,
                },
+               children => [qw( animation progressive alpha depthmap overlays authoring reencode compat_jpeg )],
        },
        animation => {
+               parent => 'features',
                name => 'supports animation',
                score => {
-                       jpeg => 'n',
-                       png  => 'y',
-                       jp2k => 'n',
+                       jpeg => [2, 'MJPEG'],
+                       gif  => 'y',
+                       png  => [4, 'APNG', 'later backwards-compatible extension'],
+                       jp2k => [2, 'MJP2'],
                        webp => 'y',
                        heic => 'y',
                        avif => 'y',
                        jxl  => 'y',
                },
-               data => {
-                       jpeg => 'MJPEG',
-                       png  => 'APNG',
-                       jp2k => 'MJP2',
-               },
        },
        progressive => {
+               parent => 'features',
                name => 'progressive decoding',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 4,
+                       gif  => 2,
                        png  => 2,
                        jp2k => 5,
                        webp => 'n',
@@ -298,9 +341,11 @@ feature => {
                },
        },
        alpha => {
+               parent => 'features',
                name => 'alpha transparency',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 'n',
+                       gif  => [3, '1 bit'],
                        png  => 'y',
                        jp2k => 'y',
                        webp => 'y',
@@ -310,9 +355,11 @@ feature => {
                },
        },
        depthmap => {
+               parent => 'features',
                name => 'depth map',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 'n',
+                       gif  => 'n',
                        png  => 'n',
                        jp2k => 'n',
                        webp => 'n',
@@ -322,9 +369,11 @@ feature => {
                },
        },
        overlays => {
-               name => 'overlays',
+               parent => 'features',
+               name => 'overlays (layers)',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 'n',
+                       gif  => 'y',
                        png  => 'n',
                        jp2k => 'n',
                        webp => 'n',
@@ -334,9 +383,11 @@ feature => {
                },
        },
        authoring => {
+               parent => 'features',
                name => 'authoring workflow suitability',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 2,
+                       gif  => 2,
                        png  => 3,
                        jp2k => 3,
                        webp => 2,
@@ -346,24 +397,25 @@ feature => {
                },
        },
        reencode => {
+               parent => 'features',
                name => 'generation loss resilience',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 4,
-                       png  => 'n/a',
+                       png  => 0,
+                       gif  => 0,
                        jp2k => 3,
                        webp => 2,
                        heic => 3,
                        avif => 3,
                        jxl  => 4,
                },
-               data => {
-                       png  => 'n/a',
-               },
        },
        compat_jpeg => {
+               parent => 'features',
                name => 'lossless JPEG recompression',
                score => {
                        jpeg => 0,
+                       gif  => 'n',
                        png  => 'n',
                        jp2k => 'n',
                        webp => 'n',
@@ -371,20 +423,31 @@ feature => {
                        avif => 'n',
                        jxl  => 'y',
                },
-               data => {
-                       jpeg => 'n/a',
-               },
        },
        royalties => {
                name => 'royalty-free',
                score => {
-                       jpeg => 'y',
-                       png  => 'y',
-                       jp2k => 'y',
-                       webp => 'y',
-                       heic => 'n',
-                       avif => 'y',
-                       jxl  => 'y',
+                       jpeg => 5,
+                       gif  => [5, undef, 'patented before 2003'],
+                       png  => 5,
+                       jp2k => [3, undef, 'ISO specification not freely available'],
+                       webp => [4, undef, 'free format, low remaining risk of patent trolls'],
+                       heic => ['n', undef, 'heavily patented'],
+                       avif => [4, undef, 'free format, risk of patent trolls'],
+                       jxl  => [4, undef, 'free format, risk of patent trolls'],
+               },
+               children => [],
+       },
+       support => {
+               score => {
+                       jpeg => 5,
+                       gif  => 5,
+                       png  => 5,
+                       jp2k => [2, undef, 'Apple only'],
+                       webp => [4, undef, 'modern browsers'],
+                       heic => [1, undef, 'stored by latest cameras, no browser support'],
+                       avif => [3, undef, 'all modern browsers except Safari and Edge'],
+                       jxl  => [2, undef, 'upcoming in most browsers'],
                },
        },
 },