Some JPGs Don't Display - Shows Broken Picture Icon

Discussion:

Peter Whatnell

2004-06-18 00:46:40 UTC

I have just transferred some JPGs from my Nikon Coolpix 990 onto a network
share and they won't display. I already have over 1500 jpgs (from several
different cameras and sources) and they all show fine. This time the folder
shows up fine and when I select the folder instead of the tiled thumbnails
it momentarily shows the standard picture icon and then it shows it split in
half - I guess that it is signifying 'broken' in some way.

The pictures show fine on my PC. They are not big, about 700k each and are
all 2048 x 1536 pixels, 300dpi, bit depth 24 - just like several hundred
others that I have already.

Any ideas?

Peter

Bill Arnett

2004-06-18 00:50:41 UTC

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I had the same problem last week. It turned out that the problem was
the "broken" jpegs were written in progressive mode. Re-saving them in
standard or optimized mode made the Roku happy.

Post by Peter Whatnell
I have just transferred some JPGs from my Nikon Coolpix 990 onto a
network share and they won’t display. I already have over 1500 jpgs
(from several different cameras and sources) and they all show fine.
This time the folder shows up fine and when I select the folder
instead of the tiled thumbnails it momentarily shows the standard
picture icon and then it shows it split in half – I guess that it is
signifying ‘broken’ in some way.

The pictures show fine on my PC. They are not big, about 700k each and
are all 2048 x 1536 pixels, 300dpi, bit depth 24 – just like several
hundred others that I have already.

Any ideas?

Peter

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Peter Whatnell

2004-06-18 00:59:39 UTC

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Worked!!

I was using a different version of the Nikon transfer software, and that is
what was different from all the previous times.

Thanks.

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I had the same problem last week. It turned out that the problem was
the "broken" jpegs were written in progressive mode. Re-saving them in
standard or optimized mode made the Roku happy.

Post by Peter Whatnell
I have just transferred some JPGs from my Nikon Coolpix 990 onto a
network share and they wont display. I already have over 1500 jpgs
(from several different cameras and sources) and they all show fine.
This time the folder shows up fine and when I select the folder
instead of the tiled thumbnails it momentarily shows the standard
picture icon and then it shows it split in half I guess that it is
signifying broken in some way.

The pictures show fine on my PC. They are not big, about 700k each and
are all 2048 x 1536 pixels, 300dpi, bit depth 24 just like several
hundred others that I have already.

Any ideas?

Peter

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Mike Kobb

2004-06-18 02:04:29 UTC

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Glad to hear it. We don't support progressive decoding because it requires
MUCH more memory than regular. So much that we simply don't have enough...

Best,
--Mike

Post by Peter Whatnell
Worked!!
I was using a different version of the Nikon transfer software, and that is
what was different from all the previous times.
Thanks.
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Subject: Re: [Roku-tech] Some JPGs Don't Display - Shows Broken Picture Icon
I had the same problem last week. It turned out that the problem was
the "broken" jpegs were written in progressive mode. Re-saving them in
standard or optimized mode made the Roku happy.

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Jason Burroughs

2004-06-18 03:42:46 UTC

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Then how about you smart guys at Roku add some memory to that beast? Solder
down some bigger chips and recompile the kernel. We all know it wouldn't be
hard - then just cut that process into the manufacturing floor. Those of us
that have the old version could then sell ours on ebay and buy a new one
with more RAM :)

Seriously, I know it's not *quite* that simple, but it can't be that hard
and from what I gather, lack of RAM is responsible for a large number of
headaches I keep seeing people complain about.

Is there any hope?

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Subject: Re: [Roku-tech] Some JPGs Don't Display - Shows Broken Picture Icon

Glad to hear it. We don't support progressive decoding because it requires
MUCH more memory than regular. So much that we simply don't have enough...

Best,
--Mike