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pictures slow to open

I'm not sure if this is a tech talk subject or not but in the last few weeks I have noticed that some pictures are very slow to open and this occurs on any device I use; phone, tablet, pc.  Was just wondering if anyone else was experiencing this?
George Mann
2002 U320 #5934
2017 Rubicon
2013 BMW GS
Waterford MI

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Reply #1 –
I just thought it was because I have poor wyfy
Peter and Frieda Morin
1999 36ft. U320 Foretravel
Build # 5436
1998 Suzuki Sidekick Sport

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Reply #3 –
X3
Richard & Betty Bark & Keiko our Golden Doodle
2003 U320T 3820 PBDS
Build # 6215
MC # 16926
2016 Chevrolet Colorado 4X4 diesel

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Reply #4 –
I found that instead of simply clicking on the image to view it (which can take forever or even longer), using my mouse right click to display it in a new tab works -- at least on my pc.
Try it with this...
1993 U225 Build #: 4285
500 Watts Solar
Honda CRV AWD
Former 1981 Foretravel Travco
Retired, Full Time Off Grid Snowbird

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Reply #5 –
The site is currently NOT automatically reducing the size of the images that are uploaded, that is causing the viewing slowness as most of the images are 2MB+ in size.

What normally occurs when a image is uploaded is the forum software resizes / compresses for fast viewing.  Most images from cell phones / cameras are pretty large both in WxH and in MB's.  To deal with that the software clamps the WxH size and uses a higher JPEG compression.  The result is images that may start off as 2MB+ are reduced to 250-400KB, perfect for online viewing.

Those are the basic nuts and bolts of the process, however for some time we have been fighting with random pixelation issues.  I'm sure you all have seen those artifacts in some of the attachments (its been very random).  In tracking that issue down it appeared to be occurring during the compression process.  In order to verify I turned off the feature so I could validate that is where it was occurring, and it is.

So next up will be to fix the program, but this new old toy we have has been taking all my free time and I've not been able to work on a fix.  I can certainly turn the feature back on and we can deal with the random pixelation, or have good quality images that are slow to view due to their size until I get a fix.
2000 / 36' / U320 / WTFE
WildEBeest / "Striving to put right what once went wrong"

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Reply #6 –
Thanks for the explanation Steve. I'm happy to wait for the pictures to upload I think that is better than the pixelation.  I appreciate the explanation and all that you do for this site.
George Mann
2002 U320 #5934
2017 Rubicon
2013 BMW GS
Waterford MI

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Reply #7 –
I am not sure where my problem is. Wife is also complaining about slow load and she is never on foreforums. I had noticed slow pictures loading  but sometimes it was fast
2014 ih45  (4th Foretravel owned)
 1997 36' U295 Sold in 2020, owned for 19 years
  U240 36' Sold to insurance company after melting in garage fire
    33' Foretravel on Dodge Chassis  Sold very long time ago

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Reply #8 –
I say, Get back to your New Old toy for awhile and it'll fix itself😁
Richard & Betty Bark & Keiko our Golden Doodle
2003 U320T 3820 PBDS
Build # 6215
MC # 16926
2016 Chevrolet Colorado 4X4 diesel

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Reply #9 –
I put something "to try" in place, lets see how this goes and be on the lookout for pixelate problems!
2000 / 36' / U320 / WTFE
WildEBeest / "Striving to put right what once went wrong"

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Reply #10 –
Way faster and pic looks good.
1999 40 ft. U-320 wtfe build 5563 Chuck & Lynda's "Rollin' Inn"  2030 watts solar
prev. mh's 71 GMC 5 yrs. 73 Pace Setter 1 yr. 78 Vogue 5 yrs 81 FTX 40ft all electric 18 yrs. 1996 Monaco Signature 3 yrs.
2014 Grand Cherokee Overland
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