MarkersExtractor
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More data storage-efficient image formats
One issue I'm observing is that generated thumbnails (still or animated) can occupy quite a lot of disk space, especially if markers number in the dozens or hundreds. This can represent hundreds of MB or possibly more than a 1 GB. There are some existing options in MarkersExtractor to reduce frame size and quality, but not a ton of options.
Currently we support two still image types (png, jpg) and one animated image type (gif).
- PNG and GIF are very inefficient in terns of data storage and offer little or no parameters to reduce quality or compress in order to save disk space.
- JPG does have a quality parameter and is very versatile, which is good.
It might be worth adding WebP/WebM and HEIC as export options, which are more modern and have more options for compression. Both support stills and animated sequences. The question is: how compatible are they with the profile platforms we're targeting? (Notion, Airtable, etc.) That would dictate how much utility we'd get out of adding these formats.