Lemmy webm image links showing as downloadable files (iOS 16.6.1) - eviltoast

I’ve only noticed this in the past few days. Not sure if it’s a new issue, but I feel I wasn’t getting this before last week. (Eta: I’m on the latest update) Most Lemmy image links in comments are doing this now.

Sorry if it’s been posted already; I tried searching and didn’t see anything.

Thank you for all your hard work – I LOVE Voyager! ❤️

  • LillyPip@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I think they’ve mostly been reaction gifs. It’s always been when people respond with [image] like this:

    e: it links to this: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/75284597-e426-4ce3-8446-c1b69dc06627.webm which for me is the webm download screen.

    Note that the thumbnail displays fine. (Eta and I just noticed when I link it, the thumbnail also displays, though I can’t view the image.).

    eta: sorry for all the edits, but I’m not trying to open things in Safari; not sure if that’s what you meant. This is all within Voyager . A few images open fine, but most now show this page instead. I don’t know whether the Voyager viewer is using the Safari api to show these images?

    • DuckGuy@mander.xyzEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’m guessing Lemmy is now converting GIFs to WEBMs to save space, then.

      Trouble is, I just tried it on my end and yeah, Safari won’t open it. VLC can, however. I guess it means Lemmy apps will need to add a webm library now.

      Edit: just saw your edit. I’m mentioning Safari because clearly Voyager was trying to open the webm using the in-app browser and not natively. Meaning Voyager doesn’t know how to deal with this format.

      • LillyPip@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        That makes sense. Hopefully it will be resolved in a future update.

        Thanks!

    • Dandroid@dandroid.appEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Weird. It’s working for me.

      Oh, probably because I’m on Android. It’s opening in chrome.

      • LillyPip@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It might be the way different Lemmy clients render links. I’m on Voyager for iOS.

        E: Oh wait, I thought I was in a different thread, sorry. I’m daft.

        • Dandroid@dandroid.appEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Oh no problem. For clarity, I’m on Voyager for Android. But I’m pretty sure mine is opening in chrome and chrome is rendering it instead of Voyager (or I assume safari for iOS users)

          • LillyPip@lemmy.caOPEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Mine tries opening in the Voyager app (which I assume is a local instance of Safari). I get that download screen within the Voyager viewer.