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eppur_se_muova

(42,537 posts) Thu Oct 24, 2024, 09:51 AM Oct 2024

Is there some reason .webp graphics don't show on DU ? nt

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Is there some reason .webp graphics don't show on DU ? nt (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Oct 2024 OP

Not that I know the reason, but ... usonian Oct 2024 #1

If you edit the extension back to the original supported format it will display JoseBalow Oct 2024 #2

usonian

(26,608 posts)

1. Not that I know the reason, but ...

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 10:46 AM

Oct 2024

The DU software code has to be able to fetch graphics from a link, and then render them for display.

Sometimes, the URL is so complex that the code can't parse it, or parses part of it, but as with video, it takes code to make it show.

So, there's a request for the admins.

Since Google 💩 invented this format that nobody asked for, they provide software to decode it into something that older apps and web apps like DU code, can deal with.

(HINT TO ADMINS)
https://developers.google.com/speed/webp
Near the bottom, there are links to binaries and source code.
I put dwebp into a script so I can convert entire directories of webp files at one command.

JoseBalow

(9,744 posts)

2. If you edit the extension back to the original supported format it will display

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 01:36 PM

Oct 2024

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