is it a formatting step that an image goes through when uploaded? I’m tired of converting image after image back into jpg, so if there’s like a step I can take to avoid it being a webp, it would help to know

    • NullPointerException@lemm.ee
      5·
      1 year ago

      fair but “it” here is pretty vague. my guess is that, in your case, whatever part of “it” that processes the image handles webp files just fine but for some reason the devs made “it” reject file extensions that don’t match “.jpeg”, “.png”, “.whatever_else” for some reason before the file gets handled further.

      • kramo@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        They most likely limit image formats to just a few for feature parity across systems. They can be sure that those formats will be handled by whatever library they use in other places, in the future, or on other operating systems. Whereas with less common formats, that might not be the case.

        • Turun@feddit.de
          4·
          1 year ago

          It would be helpful for the discussion if you would tell us what the mystery program is, that is handling images in this strange way and what operating system you are on.