Picture error, what's this mean?

[Piston]

I've uploaded and posted many pics without a problem, but every once in a while I get these error messages that I don't know what they mean.  Usually it's only one or two pics out of a bunch that I upload. 

I just tried uploading about 20 pics using the Java upload and I got the message again.  Then I tried for just one pic and got it again, I tried for multiple different pictures. 

I can shrink the pics using a separate photo resizer, which I did and it worked fine, however  I shrunk them more than I intended to and decreased the quality quite a bit. 

I'm just wondering if there is something I can change in the picture's properties or something?  The pics are taken with a 10mp camera which of course is pretty detailed.  However I've successfully uploaded many from the same camera from (I think ) on the same settings. 

Any insight? 

Here are some print screens of the message I'm getting. 


When I click upload, I get this message first.....
 


Then, I click okay, and I get this message....
 

[Piston]

Okay well, cropping the print screen pic didn't really work as good as I was hoping 

As you can see, I'm no photo wiz to begin with 

[Norm]

Piston I get the same error using the juploader. I switched to using the flash loader and like it even better.

Never could figure out what Java didn't like.

[pineywoods]

I think that is a java error message that says, hey, I can't shrink this pic down enough. Usually happens on pics with lots of fine detail.

[Warbird]

Try the Flash uploader Norm mentioned and see if that works any better for you?

[beenthere]

I can shrink the pics using a separate photo resizer, which I did and it worked fine, however  I shrunk them more than I intended to and decreased the quality quite a bit. 

When resizing, make sure to decrease the pixels in the sides first, not the file size first. Seems to maintain better quality.

When trying to download flash, couldn't with IE 7. But for whatever reason for whichever end is fixed, I am able to use juploader again. 

[Jeff]

How large are the photos to begin with?  They keep making more and more powerful cameras, and the sizes are getting ridiculous.  It your are using a obscenely large megapixel camera, that could be the issue.

[D Hagens]

 I've been getting the same prob and I've never had the problem before the changes. I'm using the same camera, here I'll try a pic that's uploaded already and see what happens.

 Nothing, just get this.

 BBQ in a bag 005.JPG.
You cannot upload that type of file. The only allowed extensions are skp,xlsx,txt,doc,pdf,xls,wks,html,htm,shtml,kmz,eml.

 K now I'll try one from the gallery.
 

 

[D Hagens]

 Yup, tried again, it's only when I try to upload a pic when I click the Att and other options that I get this.

 An Error Has Occurred!
P1010023.JPG.
You cannot upload that type of file. The only allowed extensions are skp,xlsx,txt,doc,pdf,xls,wks,html,htm,shtml,kmz,eml.

[Piston]

Okay I got it.   

I re sized the pics down to lesser pixels (if that is the proper technical speak ) and uploaded them.  It's strange as sometimes I'll have 20 or so pics I'm uploading and they are all taken with the same camera and the same settings, but one or two of them may not upload and I'll get that message.  It must just be that those one or two have a bit more detail than the rest or something like that. 

Jeff I am using a 10mp camera and your right, it is a ridiculously lot of detail for posting on the forum.  Most of the time I don't remember to change the settings back to lesser detail.  It's only gonna get worse, I just bought my wife a new DSLR for christmas, with 18mp!    I don't know what the difference is between 8mp and 18mp because I can't notice a difference, but hey that's what she wanted! 

I have the pics in my gallery and I'm out of time for today, so I'll have to post them tomorrow.

[Piston]

Hagens,
I don't think my issue has to do with the upgrade, I was getting it before that as well.  I think for me it's that I'm trying to make the java uploader reduce some really really large detail pics, down to small 500pixel sizes and it's just too much for it. 

[Jeff]

 Yup, tried again, it's only when I try to upload a pic when I click the Att and other options that I get this.

 An Error Has Occurred!
P1010023.JPG.
You cannot upload that type of file. The only allowed extensions are skp,xlsx,txt,doc,pdf,xls,wks,html,htm,shtml,kmz,eml.

That's because you are NOT using the gallery, you are trying to use the document uploader. There is a big blue button that says add gallery image.

[Jeff]

Hagens,
I don't think my issue has to do with the upgrade, I was getting it before that as well.  I think for me it's that I'm trying to make the java uploader reduce some really really large detail pics, down to small 500pixel sizes and it's just too much for it.

Right click on the image you are trying to upload and let me know the file size. The uploader has a top end limit set. It has nothing to do with dimension of the photo, but file size. 

[D Hagens]

 I tried it with 6 pics, still not uploading. Is this too big? 101 kb

[AvT]

D hagens.... 101 kb is pretty tiny when it comes to pictures

Piston,  I suppose those high res cameras are nice if you want to print big posters or want to crop pictures a alot and still end up with a clear picture.  Your computer screen is likely between 1 and 2 megapixel so those super high rez cameras are overkill for pics for use strictly on computers.  But again for extreeme cropping it might come in handy even then I suppose.

[Warbird]

Hagens, please confirm again that you are using the picture uploader and not the document attacher?

[Jeff]

He's using the document attacher and not the gallery, and he isn't reading anything that we post previously to help. I saw that with the up button. We fixed it, told him what was wrong, and instead of reading that, figured that it magically fixed itself while the forum was down last night. You can only get that error he is getting if you try uploading a picture with the document uploader which is only meant to be used for.... DOCUMENTS!

D Hagens, READ THE RESPONSES!!

[D Hagens]

He's using the document attacher and not the gallery, and he isn't reading anything that we post previously to help. I saw that with the up button. We fixed it, told him what was wrong, and instead of reading that, figured that it magically fixed itself while the forum was down last night. You can only get that error he is getting if you try uploading a picture with the document uploader which is only meant to be used for.... DOCUMENTS!

D Hagens, READ THE RESPONSES!!

 Jeff, the up button didn't work with any of the advice here, I even went and googled it, nothing worked Every other web page including mine the buttons worked fine, only here they didn't After you shut down and came back on did the up button work Like why would the down button work but not the up, like I always thought there was a glitch
 As for the pics, NO I'm not using the documents for uploading, I'm going straight to the uploader, it takes me to my library, in turn I click my pics, pick a pic, click upload and errors I've tried it with new pics and pics that are already loaded.

[AvT]

Ok D hagens I think jeff is quite upset right now so i will paste below what jeff posted last night at almost 2 AM in that other thread:

Reply #163 on: Today at 01:43:45 am »Furby deduced the problem.  D Hagens has the top part of his page toggled shut. That is the arrow you see up in the top right hand corner. When you click it, it hides the links and news at the top of the page. It essentially removes part of the page from view. It also removes the top anchor for the up button to go to.

I'm sure I can probably fix that.  Good Spot Furby!

[D Hagens]

Ok D hagens I think jeff is quite upset right now so i will paste below what jeff posted last night at almost 2 AM in that other thread:

Reply #163 on: Today at 01:43:45 am »Furby deduced the problem.  D Hagens has the top part of his page toggled shut. That is the arrow you see up in the top right hand corner. When you click it, it hides the links and news at the top of the page. It essentially removes part of the page from view. It also removes the top anchor for the up button to go to.

I'm sure I can probably fix that.  Good Spot Furby!

 Why would Jeff be upset There's just a glitch here that seems to be hitting me only I guess
 As for the arrow in the right hand corner are you talking about the shrink expand arrow? I've never touched it till just now, it doesn't change anything with the up down buttons on the page. The buttons started to to work after the shut down last night so all is good
 Furby mailed me about the pic posting, I've mailed back in details what I'm doing and just waiting for a reply

[Jeff]

Jeff is not upset.   Jeff is B U S Y.  Now sumbuddy THUMP AvT

[Jeff]

As for the arrow in the right hand corner are you talking about the shrink expand arrow? I've never touched it till just now, it doesn't change anything with the up down buttons on the page.

Well sure it doesn't now, we fixed it. 

 An Error Has Occurred!
P1010023.JPG.
You cannot upload that type of file. The only allowed extensions are skp,xlsx,txt,doc,pdf,xls,wks,html,htm,shtml,kmz,eml.

This indicates you did not use the gallery, you used the document uploader. The gallery button is a big blue bar under  the text that says attachments and other options. They are two different things. The error posted is absolutely unique to the document uploader. It gives that error because it is not set up to take photos.

[SwampDonkey]

Jeff, how is it that I'm bald and your not by now?

I feel Like I'm watching a 70's variety show with Tim Conway.

[AvT]

Now sumbuddy THUMP AvT

not sure how to take that but for now I will take it as an insult

[Jeff]

I give up.

[D Hagens]

Hagens, please confirm again that you are using the picture uploader and not the document attacher?

 Yes Warbird, I'm using the picture loader. I've uploaded many pics to my gallery with no probs till now. I'm doing it the same way I've always done it.
 I've tried loading in multi files and single files and still no luck.
 It's not like I'm new to this and I do understand the quirks here when it comes to certain pics that just can't be loaded.
 It's not the end of the world, I'm sure it will work its way out
 Oh p.s, as I told Furby I'm using Firefox not IE.

[D Hagens]

I give up.

 Don't give up Jeff I might need a thump up side the head soon too
 The wife aint here to do it for you

[Jeff]

Now sumbuddy THUMP AvT

not sure how to take that but for now I will take it as an insult

Okay. let me take time to explain this to you.  I am currently working on three different website builds for people. I am also taking care of other website issues for another batch of random clients. I am also taking care of the needs of forum members that send me direct messages via email and instant messages. Then, when i see them, I try to keep up on issues that are posted on the forum, then try and find and execute fixes for those issues.  Sometimes I am thinking about 6 things at once, and my answers may be brief and to the point. I may forget to post a smiley here and there.  I am not upset, but may at times get a bit frazzled. 

In Jest, I asked for someone to Thump you for posting that I was upset, when that is not even close to the truth. If you would like to take that as an insult, that is up to you, but it was not. Now, back to the next thing in line. I want to eat yet today, and hope to be in bed before 3 am tomorrow. 

[D Hagens]

 

 

 Go eat Jeff, I fixed it

[D Hagens]

 What like the boss isn't even going to ask me what the problem is that I fixed

[Jeff]

I'm sill trying to roll my eyes back out of the top of their sockets after reading you fixed something.

[D Hagens]

I'm sill trying to roll my eyes back out of the top of their sockets after reading you fixed something.

 Yup I figured it out, it should be something you should know or should know for future references
 Wifey comes home, loads pics on my computer from her phone, not a big deal right
 Wifey don't tell me that she loaded pics from her new phone to my computer. The software that the phone needs is loaded on to my computer, wifey don't tell me that
 The software that comes from wifey's phone is an Android product. I googled it and Android software can have problems with uploads with different servers.
 I delete her stuff and BINGO it all works here again
 See I told you it was your fault
 Now let's see if you can figure out why at times it will say there's new posts on a thread and there's nothing! Only happens between 4 and 8 pm my time. Only on the home computers, never on the cells
 

[Jeff]

I'm not going to even try to figure out people's personal configuration problems. Not my job. But it is probably your ISP caching pages.

[Piston]

I'm glad this is all sorted out....

Jeff, I really just wondered "why" I get that error, not trying to get it fixed    Just wanted to understand what it was.  I've gotten that message for a long time now but just sporadically, so I finally said to myself "self, you really wanna understand why your getting that message" and now I do.   

Since you asked, one of the photos I was trying to upload with the java uploader was 5.87mb, so certainly a dang large file for a website post.  I now know that I need to resize them down, even when using the java uploader if they're over a certain size.  What's the size it's set at?  I imagine somewhere around 4-5mb or so. 

What I am now doing is just resizing the photos to a bit smaller and still using the java uploader, just because I like it.   

[D Hagens]

I'm not going to even try to figure out people's personal configuration problems. Not my job. But it is probably your ISP caching pages.

 You're right Jeff, that's what it was
 Thank you for taking the time to look in to this for me
 Keep up the good work