Can’t Save AVIF on macOS

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Can’t Save AVIF on macOS

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I haven't been able to save files to AVIF on macOS. This affects 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. I haven't tried in earlier versions.
  1. Take a screenshot.
  2. Open it in XnViewMP and go to File ⭢ Save as…
  3. The

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    Saving image…
    dialog briefly appears, and is immediately replaced by An error occurred during saving!
I've tried different settings under Preferences ⭢ Formats ⭢ Write, with no effect. The same also happens in Batch Convert. Saving all other file formats succeeds.
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Re: Can’t Save AVIF on macOS

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i'm not able to reproduce with 1.8.7, which MacOS version do you have?
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Re: Can’t Save AVIF on macOS

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I’m running macOS Sequoia 15.4 RC, on a 2019 Intel iMac, but this was happening in 15.3 as well, if I remember correctly.
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Re: Can’t Save AVIF on macOS

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zecanard wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 8:07 pm I’m running macOS Sequoia 15.4 RC, on a 2019 Intel iMac, but this was happening in 15.3 as well, if I remember correctly.
ok currently AVIF output is only available on ARM
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Ah, okay. Thanks for the update. Is an update possible to encode on Intel Macs as well?
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zecanard wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 7:20 am Ah, okay. Thanks for the update. Is an update possible to encode on Intel Macs as well?
i'll check
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