Change image pasting format from PNG to JPEG (of AVIF) to save disk space

[fockr]

Your use case

What would you like to do?

I would like Element to not use PNG format when pasting images from the clipboard.

Why would you like to do it?

The PNG format takes way to much disk space and reduces the transfer speed. Better alternatives exist while preserving the image quality.

How would you like to achieve it?

You could change the default encoder to JPEG or the even more efficient AVIF format.

Have you considered any alternatives?

My current solution to this is saving a file manually as JPEG and uploading it to a room. As to animated GIFs, the AVIF format gives me usually a 10-20 fold decrease of file size.

Additional context

No response

[t3chguy]

The format is set by your browser, not by Element.
Try pasting into http://madebyevan.com/clipboard-test/

#4144 is the issue about upload time compression/reencoding