I know that Gdk-Pixbuf supports png and jpg, but I cannot find an exact list of all the completely (or partially) supported image formats anywhere on the internet. It is necessary for my current project, since I need to check the extension of every file in a directory and determine whether it is supported or not by gdk-pixbuf. Any help?
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GdkPixbuf is an standard for keeping raw image data, so GdkPixbufLoaders are the ones who support loading jpg/png into GdkPixbuf, so you should read about GdkPixbuf loaders, and check which one support your environment – erick2red Oct 11 '11 at 13:32
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I know this is 5+ years old but I had trouble finding this for PyGI / PyGObject (3.22.0).
import gi.repository.GdkPixbuf as pixbuf
Then we can get all the formats using:
for f in pixbuf.Pixbuf.get_formats():
print f.get_name()
On my system (might be different on yours if you installed other loaders), I get:
- ani
- bmp
- GdkPixdata
- gif
- icns
- ico
- jpeg
- png
- pnm
- qtif
- svg
- tga
- tiff
- wmf
- xbm
- xpm

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List supported formats along with their MIME types: `python3 -c "import gi.repository.GdkPixbuf as pixbuf;from pprint import pprint;pprint([(f.get_name(), f.get_mime_types()) for f in pixbuf.Pixbuf.get_formats()])"` – gwyn Feb 20 '22 at 21:26
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Calling gdk_pixbuf_get_formats()
in your application will tell you which formats your copy of GDKPixbuf can load.

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This should be available by querying gdk-pixbuf-loaders. Here is more information on pixbuf modules and supported formats.

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Please have a look at this. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7711638/how-to-disconnect-an-accelerator-or-key-press-event-in-a-gtk-widget – ApprenticeHacker Oct 10 '11 at 10:44