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Thumbnail not created - bmp
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:17 pm
by Don Chambers
s9y 1.3.1 - just added a bmp image to the media library and it did not create a thumbnail. Is this an oversight for bitmap file types, or deliberate?
File is here:
http://www.optional-necessity.com/uploa ... eworks.bmp
Re: Thumbnail not created - bmp
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:53 am
by garvinhicking
Hi!
Converting files is dependent on your PHP GD lib or Imagemagick only. if it doesn't convert, it's not because of s9y but because your converter does not support that firmat.
Regards,
Garvin
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:29 pm
by Don Chambers
Thanks Garvin - I tried this image on 4 different servers - all using GD - and none of them created the thumbnail.... I can always convert it to jpg using photoshop, just thought I would ask. Seems wierd that it would not resize the image just because it is a bitmap.
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:06 pm
by garvinhicking
Hi!
Historically, bitmaps have little support on browsers/webpages. Since PHP was optimized for web-usage, als the GDLib did not really take bitmaps into consideration.
So, usually on the web, remember to not use bitmaps. They are too large and too unsupported.
Regards,
Garvin
