SUMMARY *** In Preview screen MEIC preview takes about 5...10 times as long as JEPG images. So similar pictures (e.g. by iPhone) take about 2..3 s to show, which is for reviewing immages too long *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Use ~ 5 iPhone HEIC picture 2. Use ~ 5 iPhone JPEG picture, similar resolution 3. Max them and scroll 1 by 1 in preview screen OBSERVED RESULT the HEIC takes 2..3 s to display EXPECTED RESULT the HEIC should be displayed in < 0,5 s as the JEPG images SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: 10 macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It's a libheif problem, look at the bug report already closed as UPSTREAM. There you will find the corresponding bug reports for libheif. Bug 463486 Maik