XnView Software

the same association setup for all the formats, but other formats such as bmp, jpeg etc. could well be opened by xnview, by double clicking the image documents... do not know why it does not work for webp

please send content of .webp key in your registry


have already started to use imagine ...

it works here, please check registry entry for .webp
(animated webp is currently only supported by XnView MP)


the same association setup for all the formats, but other formats such as bmp, jpeg etc. could well be opened by xnview, by double clicking the image documents... do not know why it ...

double click a webp image (either static or animated) opens the explorer, not the image (if the 5 libwebp plugins are added)

especially, animated webp image is not animatic in 2.51.5

try the attached two webp images (one static and the other animated)

You need to use XnView MP for full HEIC support


as similar imageview softwares are more popular for lightweight versions, such as faststone viewer, honeyview, irfanview, imagine viewer (by Sejin Chun), etc., you can really consider to have similar format support and functions in the classic ...

xnview wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:05 am check the registry entry for .webp

would be great this issue can be resolved by xnview itself

and the webp are visible in XnView' browser?


you can see it, but cannot open it. you may try whatever webp (static or animated). sometimes, static webp cannot be opened either, animated webp cannot be opened at all.

really love this software, and hope this could be resolved.

for image viewer ...

mindphaser wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:53 pm Hi. I installed XnView 2.51.2. There is an issue loading webp files from a file manager (Windows Explorer or Total Commander): XnView starts in browser mode. Any idea why?

i have seen exactly the same problem, in most cases (animated) webq cannot be opened by xnview classic at all

xnview wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:02 pm if you drag&drop a webp to XnView's icon, is it working?

in most cases, not working, both win10 and win11

the classic version, should support webp (animated or not) formats.
as a image viewer, the MP version is too huge. the light weight classic is perfect, but webp not well supported...


have tried the webp plugin, but it does not work.
set xnview classic as the default viewer, double click a ...

the classic version, should support webp (animated or not) formats.
as a image viewer, the MP version is too huge. the light weight classic is perfect, but webp not well supported...