heif-dec(1)

heif-dec1

Decode heic/heif image

Usage

heif-dec [-q QUALITY] filename output [{.jpg | .png | .y4m}]

Overview

heif-dec Convert HEIC/HEIF image to a different image format.

Options

-q QUALITY

Defines quality level between 0 and 100 for the generated output file. Only used for JPEG.

Exit status

0

Success

1

Failure (syntax or usage error; error while loading, converting or writing image).

Notes

The available output formats depend on the libraries that were available at compile time. Supported are JPEG, PNG and Y4M, the file type is determined based on the extension of the output file.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie).

  1. 13–Arch

Bugs

Please reports bugs or issues at https://github.com/strukturag/libheif

Authors

Joachim Bauch, struktur AG
Dirk Farin, struktur AG

From libheif 1.23.7-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.