The image validator can detect MPO images - but if passing them a JPEGs shouldn't be reported a validation error

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Validator for the Image API

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The image validator can detect MPO images - but if passing them a JPEGs shouldn't be reported a validation error #105

Open cmahnke opened 2 months ago

cmahnke commented 2 months ago

MPO images are JPEG images with embedded other images - they are perfectly JPEGs, since unaware decoders just discard the additional image. Thy are comparable to images with embedded thumbnails, see White paper on the format.