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Why are 90% of the images WebP format? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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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

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Even if a webp is still accepted, I still have that distrust though. The marketing people should have let everyone who works with pics know what they are. I use non-standard software so maybe that's why I'm clueless as to what it actually does. Again, I've got a lot on my plate so it never really comes up as first priority to figure out what it is.

    Edit: I thought you were someone else, sorry about that. Still leaving it since it's still valid, lol.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years 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.

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