Bug 329140

Summary:	GIF images ending in .jpg cannot be loaded
Product:	[Applications] gwenview	Reporter:	Nicole O'Connor <nrfoconnor>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Gwenview Bugs <gwenview-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	minor	CC:	greg, myriam, nate, walch.martin
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	4.11.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://i.imgur.com/4KUlQ.jpg
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441698
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/graphics/gwenview/commit/6a79391a9ab68bec839897369c665ee2e3afe7e5	Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Nicole O'Connor 2013-12-22 23:59:11 UTC

URL is an example from Imgur.

The following error occurs in the Gwenview UI:
"Loading 'filename' failed:
Loading meta information failed"

Gwenview also sends the following to stdout:
"gwenview(3451) Gwenview::JPEGErrorManager::errorExitCallBack: Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x47 0x49 
gwenview(3451): libjpeg fatal error"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Rename a GIF file to .jpg
2. Open in Gwenview (local or http doesn't matter)
Actual Results:  
Image fails to load

Expected Results:  
Image displays, perhaps with a warning about file extension/type mismatch

There is a strong case saying it shouldn't be Gwenview's job to compensate for people naming their files incorrectly, and I will also be complaining to Imgur specifically about this. I'm just putting it here too, because even if you choose to mark it as WONTFIX it should still show up in a Google search a few years from now :-)

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2013-12-23 01:00:46 UTC

Hm, there is actually a commit that should make it work, see 
http://commits.kde.org/gwenview/8bb1d8a60cd98a223e1b062a0be09bae9056a15a

Comment 2 Greg Lepore 2015-10-27 13:07:37 UTC

This issue is still occurring on Gwenview 15.08.2, KDE Frameworks 5.15.0, Qt 5.4.2.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2017-11-10 18:26:13 UTC

Greg's right, I can still reproduce using git master.

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2021-04-22 10:58:49 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/graphics/gwenview/-/merge_requests/60

Comment 5 Arjen Hiemstra 2021-05-03 11:14:45 UTC

Git commit 6a79391a9ab68bec839897369c665ee2e3afe7e5 by Arjen Hiemstra.
Committed on 29/04/2021 at 09:29.
Pushed by ahiemstra into branch 'master'.

Prefer mime type from content over file name when loading

QMimeDatabase::mimeTypeForFileNameAndData() will prefer using the
filename for mime type determination. This allow it to be fooled when
the filename is something different than the contents. To avoid this,
reverse the logic and first try to determine the mimetype from the
file's contents and only use filename if that fails.

M  +7    -4    lib/document/loadingdocumentimpl.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/gwenview/commit/6a79391a9ab68bec839897369c665ee2e3afe7e5

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2022-01-29 18:14:20 UTC

This fix for this caused Bug 441698, which was a more serious issue, so I have reverted it. Re-opening this.

Hopefully we will find a fix that allows both issues to be fixed so that we don't have to trade one issue for another.

Comment 7 A Linux User 2025-09-04 12:18:36 UTC

Thank you for the bug report. Unfortunately we were not able to get to it yet. Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with Gwenview 25.08.0 (the latest released version)?

Comment 8 Greg Lepore 2025-09-04 13:09:41 UTC

I can confirm that this bug is no longer happening on Gwenview 25.08.0.

Comment 9 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-19 03:47:38 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 10 Bug Janitor Service 2025-10-04 03:46:31 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.