Is .png the only format acceptable in python's tkinter module?

Question

I tried inserting a picture with format .jpg as a PhotoImage

But everytime i try running the program, it gives the following error:

couldn't recognize data in image file

But this never happens with an .png picture, which makes me wonder if .png is the only format acceptable in tkinter?

[This](https://stackoverflow.com/a/23905585/2570277) answer may help — Nick, Sep 08 '22 at 10:56
If `tkinter` doesn't like your image file, you might want to try using the [PIL](https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) library. This is the most popular library to use when trying to add pictures in `tkinter` — TheLizzard, Sep 08 '22 at 10:58

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '22 at 10:55

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class PhotoImage(Image):
    """Widget which can display images in PGM, PPM, GIF, PNG format."""

So no, PNG is not the only acceptable format. PGM, PPM, GIF, and PNG are. JPEG is not.

answered Sep 08 '22 at 10:55

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