Similar images not working with .heic files.

[vanchaxy]

I have two copies of a lot of .heic files. One is original files and another one is files compressed by google photos. They have the same resolution just one of them is compressed. I tried many combinations of resize algorithm / hash size / hast type but can't manage it to work. Here are example images: example dublicates.zip

[qarmin]

IMG_3256.HEIC is not really heif file - file command shows this info

IMG_3256.HEIC: JPEG image data, JFIF standard 1.01, aspect ratio, density 1x1, segment length 16, Exif Standard: [TIFF image data, big-endian, direntries=11, manufacturer=Apple, model=iPhone 13 Pro, orientation=upper-right, xresolution=166, yresolution=174, resolutionunit=2, software=16.6, datetime=2023:08:14 10:31:18, hostcomputer=iPhone 13 Pro, GPS-Data], baseline, precision 8, 4032x3024, components 3

with second I see it as similar image but I run app on Ubuntu, but looks that you are using Windows, which not contains heif(mingw64 fedora problem) library that allows to decode such images

[vanchaxy]

Thanks for the response. That's interesting as it's the same file before and after uploading/exporting to google photos.

I'm using this docker image to run czkawka: https://hub.docker.com/r/jlesage/czkawka

[dpantel]

Having the same problem on linux with v6.1.0. No matter how I change the settings, it will only find similar JPEG files, but ignore exactly the same HEIC files.

[qarmin]

Docker version use libheif so it should work fine out of box - https://github.com/jlesage/docker-czkawka/blob/69c42fb77de6eecb53d4545ad9799aca62a74572/Dockerfile#L44

There is special version of gui/core with support of libheif, so it should work fine(I already use it) - https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka/releases/download/6.1.0/linux_czkawka_gui_heif libheif is additional required dependency

[Batwam]

I am currently using the snap version 6.1.0 and also experiencing this issue. I just checked the "special version of gui/core with support of libheif" with `libheif1' installed and it is still not able to detect HEIC/JPG duplicates. Is there a way to troubleshoot what might be happening?

[jazzdd86]

same for me, tried the example duplicates zip and duplicated the files to the same folder as @qarmin. I opened the heif version on an ubuntu VM with libheif-dev installed. No duplicates were found.

Edit: I tried the docker image - there it works for exact duplicate heic images - but it does not work for comparing images in different file format (HEIC and JPG) - even if they are the exact same image.

[StevenMassaro]

This is still an issue with the latest release: 7.0.0

[StevenMassaro]

I believe this is related to the orientation of the photos being compared. However, my rust knowledge is pretty limited, so I haven't been able to (and likely won't be able to) fix this.