A generic error occurred in GDI+, JPEG Image to MemoryStream

Question

This seems to be a bit of an infamous error all over the web. So much so that I have been unable to find an answer to my problem as my scenario doesn\'t fit. An exception ge

Answer 1

I also got this error when saving JPEGs, but only for certain images.

My final code:

  try
  {
    img.SaveJpeg(tmpFile, quality); // This is always successful for say image1.jpg, but always throws the GDI+ exception for image2.jpg
  }
  catch (Exception ex)
  {
    // Try HU's method: Convert it to a Bitmap first
    img = new Bitmap(img); 
    img.SaveJpeg(tmpFile, quality); // This is always successful
  }

I didn't create the images so I can't tell what the difference is.
I'd appreciate if anyone could explain that.

This is my SaveJpeg function just FYI:

private static void SaveJpeg(this Image img, string filename, int quality)
{
  EncoderParameter qualityParam = new EncoderParameter(Encoder.Quality, (long)quality);
  ImageCodecInfo jpegCodec = GetEncoderInfo("image/jpeg");
  EncoderParameters encoderParams = new EncoderParameters(1);
  encoderParams.Param[0] = qualityParam;
  img.Save(filename, jpegCodec, encoderParams);
}

private static ImageCodecInfo GetEncoderInfo(string mimeType)
{
    var encoders = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders();
    var encoder = encoders.SingleOrDefault(c => string.Equals(c.MimeType, mimeType, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase));
    if (encoder == null) throw new Exception($"Encoder not found for mime type {mimeType}");
    return encoder;
}