HeicConverter
Introduction
A very simple command line tool to convert *.heic files to jpg. Since the available programs for windows are either paid or not working for me, I decided to make a simple python script to help convert these files.
Features
- Convert all HEIC files to jpg in a folder and sub-folders recursively
- Skips already existing conversions
- Keep Metadata of the original file
- Optional: Remove source files
- Optional: Overwrite existing files
Quick Usage
- Copy the prepared exe to the folder with heic files for convert and double click it.
- Use Command line and append the path of interest:
./heicConverter.exe path/to/pictures
Command Line
Start the script (or exe) from command line for additional options:
heicConverter.exe [-h] [-r] [-o] [--not-recursive] [--skip-prompt] path
Convert HEIC files to JPEG
positional arguments:
path the path to the file or directory to convert
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-r, --remove Remove converted HEIC Files
-o, --overwrite Overwrite existing JPEG files
--not-recursive Do not search subdirectories
--skip-prompt Skip the prompt at the end
GUI
Also a GUI Version is available. Just start HeicConverterGui.exe.
Installation
Windows
Download the latest release from the Release Page and extract it somewhere on your machine.
Linux / Mac
Download the repo, install the dependencies and run the script.
Development Dependencies
Install the python package dependencies with:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Create your own executable
Install pyinstaller with:
pip install pyinstaller
Install the dependencies, navigate with a console to the source dir and run the following commands:
python -m PyInstaller --onefile --console heicConverter.py
python -m PyInstaller --onefile --windowed heicConverterGui.py
Remarks
This software was mainly created by people at StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54395735/how-to-work-with-heic-image-file-types-in-python
Example
