Media formats, editing, and display (Community Wishlist/FA8)
Long-term opportunity
Description
Volunteers have requested for Wikimedia Commons to support new file formats (including DNG and AVIF files, open fonts, and full colour 3D models, and to offer integrated image editing—from a straightforward CropTool replacement to fully-featured image editors (Image Editor for Commons, A set of tools for image editing directly in Wikimedia Commons). There were also more targeted requests, such as the addition of a second base layer for maps and the ability to convert SVG files into gifs.
Beyond images, there were requests for improved media players (A proper audio player, Video & audio chapters) and tools to subtitle and translate media (Add a subtitling tool for easy subtitling and translating, Machine translation of audio sources).
Other details
- Created: 17:08, 12 December 2024
- Last updated: 03:11, 5 October 2025
Wishes in this focus area
Below is a list of wishes that have informed this focus area. More wishes may be added to this table over time. Voting for the focus area is not a guarantee that each wish will be explicitly delivered; rather, the wishes are suggestive of the problem at large. Once a focus area is adopted, the respective team will work alongside communities to prioritize and deliver on the most impactful solutions.
Voting
This focus area currently has 56 supporters. Voting for this focus area is open until it is completed.
Supporters of this area
Support a modernized audio player with skip x seconds back functionality, good UI, and chapters (for article sections) could more than double Wikipedia readership when used for spoken Wikipedia audios; also useful for videos on Commons; the audio format has huge potential for Wikimedia Prototyperspective (talk) 21:38, 13 December 2024
Support Having textured 3D models would allow users that are currently hosting those models on proprietary platforms like sketchfab, to have an alternative. Kristbaum (talk) 17:37, 14 December 2024
Support Commons really needs more and better supported formats. VIGNERON (talk) 18:48, 14 December 2024
Support We need a better Wikimedia Commons. This is a good start. Theklan (talk) 19:17, 14 December 2024
Support Pigsonthewing (talk) 20:08, 14 December 2024
Support Xabier Cañas (talk) 22:43, 14 December 2024
Support All of these are important, but the 3D models aspect is a crucial category of educational content that is essentially missing in the current status. Waldyrious (talk) 09:09, 15 December 2024
Support This needs to be started now. We need a platform to manage the videos more native: with visualization of visits, with option in Commons to put covers, with several audio tracks, with facility to manage subtitles, with possibility to create clickable subtitles... Demonocrazy (talk) 08:27, 16 December 2024
Support Very important topics included PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 13:11, 16 December 2024
Support Unless there aren't enough resources for the needed work, there is no reason not to support as many open file formats as possible, or to improve the media players. MGeog2022 (talk) 14:10, 16 December 2024
Support It's a good time to be able to take advantage of the huge number of 3D images created in museums and by private individuals. Clwacker (talk) 19:01, 16 December 2024
Support While I don't support some of these ideas, in general, I do support additional work on these areas. Long term commitment to the health of the media eco system is required BEFORE we can even add new features. TheDJ (talk) 12:17, 17 December 2024
Support I would suggest that the highest priorities should be textured 3d-models and improved viewers/players as. Amphioxi (talk) 12:49, 27 February 2025
Support A much better 3D support is needed! GabrielLucas (talk) 22:25, 8 March 2025
Support GLB files could be used in Wikipedia
and to be inserted in 3D rendering if OpenStreetMap DerKarlos (talk) 23:04, 8 March 2025
Support Many GLAM institutions would benefit greatly from textured 3D support on Commons, particularly with Sketchfab being shut down. Many CC models from Sketchfab could be transferred, some of them nicely illustrating Wikipedia articles. Pelotes71 (talk) 23:23, 8 March 2025
Support A better 3D support is absolutely crucial, if only to keep licencefree 3D models available to everyone. Misnomar (talk) 08:59, 9 March 2025
Support Ionenlaser (talk) 10:36, 9 March 2025
Support DNG and better 3D support are urgent. Rkieferbaum (talk) 11:14, 9 March 2025
Support looking for glb with texture support suggest using existing javascript libraries Sressler (talk) 20:23, 9 March 2025
Support TaronjaSatsuma (talk) 09:43, 10 March 2025
Support Mentxuwiki (talk) 11:34, 10 March 2025
Support Modern primat (talk) 16:03, 10 March 2025
Support Commander Keane (talk) 20:35, 10 March 2025
Support Definitely needed! ALoopingIcon (talk) 15:22, 13 March 2025
Support Modern 3D model rendering, supporting multiple formats, and thumbnails that match the client side rendered 3D model would be a great improvement. Ryantrem (talk) 23:26, 13 March 2025
Support Jinglejanglebells (talk) 16:12, 16 March 2025
Support Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 15:18, 26 March 2025
Support but with focus on DNG support and live cropping and not on the 3D model niche topic GPSLeo (talk) 12:53, 10 June 2025
Support James3141592 (talk) 18:29, 23 June 2025
Support Rasputin 93 (talk) 22:50, 23 July 2025