LibreOffice Importing String instead of JPG

[Pwnyhorst]

I have been trying to import a few pictures for a presentation , but it is only importing the Strings. I can view the jpg in other applications, but it won’t import it.
I’m running 7.0.3.1, on Win10Home in 64 Bit.

This is a picture which isn’t working

[anon73440385]

but it is only importing the Strings.

• What do you mean by that (we can’t see, what you see - do you get the binary data)?
• How do you “import” (drag and drop, File -> Insert -> Image...)?

[Pwnyhorst]

I insert using both methods.
I can see the string, the characters you can see when opening a jpg in notepad, at least I think it is that one, but not the actual picture.

[anon73440385]

Could you perform the following

Test (this is not a solution) whether LibreOffice user profile is causing the issue:

• Start LibreOffice
• Restart in Safe Mode using Help -> Restart in Safe Mode and confirm the restart using button: Restart
• Click button Continue in Safe Mode
• Open a file (using File -> Open) and test whether the problem is gone
• Provide feedback using add a comment about the test result.

[Pwnyhorst]

No, still gives me the same problem. It says it wants to import it as text and won’t give me an alternative.

[anon73440385]

Thanks for the test - so your user profile isn’t causing the problem. Could you upload a sample jpg file? If yes - please edit your question and use the paperclip symbol to upload a file (Just installed an old version 7.0.3.1 on Windows 10 Pro test system and there is no general problem. Adding a jpg images works as expected. Hence the problem is specific to your environment / files).

[Pwnyhorst]

Here is a sample pic

[anon73440385]

This is not a jpg file (regardless of the extension) but a:

user@system:~> file TestImportImage.webp 
TestImportImage.webp: RIFF (little-endian) data, Web/P image, VP8 encoding, 989x1280, Scaling: [none]x[none], YUV color, decoders should clamp

[anon73440385]

Hello,

you are not trying to import a JPG/JPEG file but a WEBP image file format, which is not supported by LibreOffice. See the following enhancement request: tdf#114532 add support for WEBP image format (image import and inside .ods/.odt).

[Pwnyhorst]

thanks for the answer