Looking for an open-source alternative for image viewing so I can get rid of the AI‑embedded Windows Photos. I did some research and I'm trying IrfanView, but it needs separate plugins for AVIF, WebP, etc. Nomacs' last update was 2020. I'm going to try ImageGlass and XnView, but I wonder if there is some software that's more widely recommended - like VLC, but for images.

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[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

For viewing? :S I tried it for batch conversion and I was very disappointed it somehow skipped files on big batches, but I didn't find a way to view images with it - I mean, trying to open an image with its .exe does nothing.

[–] Comexs@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

ImageMagick does support displaying images but it only supported when you use x11 (Xwayland).

# the `display` command will give you a missing error even if you have ImageMagick installed (At least on my winget installation of ImageMagick)
display image.png
# give you a x11 error on windows
magick display image.png

if for some reason you want something similar you could use ffplay it both supported on windows and x11 from what I know.

I tried it for batch conversion and I was very disappointed it somehow skipped files on big batches

I haven't had any issues with ImageMagick with converting images, but I would rather use a dedicate command for encoder like avifenc, cjxl, cjpegli, and cwbep, since they have more options than ImageMagick or utilize newer encoders, such as cjpegli.