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minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoDo people really think this changes the file type?
minus-squareGakomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoNo I don’t think it does but it works. Specifically I download webp pictures on pc and when I try to send them on WhatsApp it does not recognise them so I change the extension to JPG or PNG and it works it sends them and they can be viewed.
minus-squaretweeks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoSounds like the file type verification on WhatsApp is not on mime-type but only on extension. Some receivers might have trouble opening these though.
Just change the extension to PNG
Do people really think this changes the file type?
No I don’t think it does but it works. Specifically I download webp pictures on pc and when I try to send them on WhatsApp it does not recognise them so I change the extension to JPG or PNG and it works it sends them and they can be viewed.
Sounds like the file type verification on WhatsApp is not on mime-type but only on extension. Some receivers might have trouble opening these though.