.WEBP format support

carlosTF

When trying to upload media in .webp format, Providence will reject it:

"Object media representation (default): Unknown file type not accepted by media."

I've created a workflow to convert JPEG fields to WEBP using GraphicsMagick: gm convert input.jpg output.webp. This generates a file with the same dimensions as the original one but with a very efficient compression, delivering files of a few hundred KB from 10MB JPEG. This is optimal for web display.

I wondered if .webp could be activated on media_processing.conf, but it's not the case.

Are there any plans –or workarounds– for Providence (and Pawtucket) to support .webp?

Thanks.

seth

Doing so would require changes to both media_processing.conf and the image processing plugins (ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick, Gmagick and Imagick). Please create a GitHub issue for this and we'll see about adding it for the next release.

carlosTF

Done, thanks.

carlosTF

@seth Hello. Any chances to know if webp support will make it for the next release and, if so, when can this be expected? I plan to launch a site sometime between June and September. The site will contain around 2,000 artwork images and at some point I will need to commit to a file format. Many thanks.

seth

2.0.4 has just been released. It includes webp support as well as a new setup.php constant CA_DONT_CACHE_TRANSLATIONS. These were both changes you requested.

carlosTF

You are simply amazing, thank you!

carlosTF

Hi. Does webp support require some additional settings?

Providence 2.0.4 updated via git pulldoesn't seem to deal well with this format: it will write the filenames to the database., but won't load the image nor build its different version files (icon, large).

seth

Do you have a customized (local) media_processing.conf file? If so merge the 2.0.4 stock media_processing.conf file with it. It has new rules for webp.

carlosTF

Hi, that was it. webp support for Providence working well now, awesome!

Pawtucket. After installing the new release, I get the following error:

Could not find plug-in for mimetype image/webp

jpg load well.

carlosTF

I installed the Pawtucket release by downloading the zip file. Don't know if this makes any difference.

seth

Your pawtucket theme media_display.conf file needs to include the image/webp mime type in the rules for images. We neglected to add it to the default file in 2.0.4. It's in dev/2.0 now and will be in 2.0.5

carlosTF

@seth Thank you for releasing a build to address this issue.

Unfortunately, I'm still getting the "Could not find plug-in for mimetype image/webp" error message when in Browse/objects/view/images

However, when enlarging the image from Detail/objects/ the webp image is displayed perfectly!!!

I've replaced my theme's media_display.conf with that from the default theme, which includes the image/webp mime type in the display and media_overlay image rules (not in the download rule, though).

Any ideas?

seth

Pleas make sure the cache is cleared.

carlosTF

It is. Inspector, clear cache.

seth

Sorry, I meant the server cache. This means clearing out the contents of the app/tmp directory. If you're using redis, also be sure to flush that too.

carlosTF

Hello Seth. Not using redis and I have cleared the Pawtucket app/tmp directory a couple times with the exact same result: .webp thumbnails not shown, but no issues when enlarging the image.

Switching to a different browser does not help.

I have all images in jpg format a one in webp format. The first time I installed 2.0.5 from the zip file, the webp thumbnail in the browse objects page was shown. Just once, not anymore.

I'm aware this is an unwanted behaviour to be reported...