Does filament plan to support 'MSFT_texture_dds' extenstion?

[seker]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I’m using glTF files that have DDS textures and found out that Filament does not support them.

Describe the solution you'd like
I think it would be really helpful if Filament could add support for the 'MSFT_texture_dds' extension. That way, we could use DDS textures directly in our projects. As a solution, maybe Filament could use the GLI (OpenGL Image) library to handle DDS textures. GLI is good for this because it's made for OpenGL and supports a lot of the DDS formats.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Right now, the only other option seems to be converting the DDS textures to a different format before using them in Filament. But converting is extra work and not very convenient.

OS and backend
Adding support for 'MSFT_texture_dds' would be helpful for all Filament users, no matter what system or backend they are using.
By the way, i am using :
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
GPU:NVIDIA Corporation TU117M [GeForce MX450]
Backend: Vulkan

[seker]

Hello, @poweifeng, could you please answer this question?

[poweifeng]

There is currently no plan to support this extension. In my brief look at online resources, adding it seems non-trivial since it's a container format. But of course, we'd welcome contributions if this can be done by folks externally.