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   JJ to R.Wieser   
   Re: GDIPlus - add a webp image decoder ?   
   27 Nov 23 10:59:09   
   
   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32   
   From: jj4public@outlook.com   
      
   On Sun, 26 Nov 2023 09:43:40 +0100, R.Wieser wrote:   
   > Hello all,   
   >   
   > Some time ago I stumbled over a few webp images.  After some some   
   > websearching I found a dll which could decode them into a raw byte arrays,   
   > and with help of GDI+ I was able to save that into a native format (jpg,   
   > png, etc), allowing me to view the resulting images.   
   >   
   > While doing the above I was (again) made aware that GDI+ has(?) installable   
   > image decoders & encoders.   So, I thought it would be an idea to see if I   
   > could write-and-install a webp decoder to that list.   
   >   
   > The thing is, I can't seem to find anything of worth regarding native GDI+   
   > installable image decoders, and only very little about a WIC type of   
   > decoder.  At least not enough to be able to get a complete picture about   
   > what needs to be done.   
   >   
   > So, I'm wondering if anyone here knows anything about how to create,   
   > preferrably, a native GDI+ decoder - though information about how to create   
   > WIC type of decoder is quite welcome too. (I'm an Assembly programmer, which   
   > is why I rather work with the former than the latter)   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > Rudy Wieser   
      
   You can learn from examples, such as below PGM WIC codec.   
      
   https://github.com/vbaderks/netpbm-wic-codec   
      
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