Image orientation in plupload, using EXIF

[thecoalman]

Is it possible that the image published from the iPad displays wrong, and the same image published from another system displays correctly? It seems impossible.

EXIF orientation can be quite confusing if not handled properly. For example suppose you were using editing software that doesn't support it. The image would be oriented wrong. You rotate the raw file data and save, the EXIF orientation is preserved . Loks fine in the editor but when you view it in something that does support it now it's flipped again. LOL... That's worse case because the orientation is no longer accurate.

How this applies here is as I just mentioned in previous post the thumbnails are not handled by plupload. The EXIF data is stripped when thumbnails are created so they will always have wrong orientation if they are oriented with EXIF.

[KYPREO]

But, the attachments don't render in post with the correct orientation. However, if you open the direct URL of the uploaded image in a new tab it is correctly oriented. The means the EXIF data is just being retained and properly interpreted by the browser, but not phpBB.

Plupload only handles the full size image it doesn't handle the thumbnail.

Thanks for the reply. I don't think that's it because I don't use thumbnails for attachments on my forum at all. The file size attachment is not being rendered with correct rotation within phpBB.

[KYPREO]

Well I just managed to fix it!

I implemented this change to /phpbb/plupload/plupload.php (around line 269):

From

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'resize: {width: %d, height: %d, quality: 85},',

to

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'resize: {width: %d, height: %d, quality: 85,preserve_headers: false},',

Previously this edit did nothing for me. Now, with the new version of plupload it works. Image is correctly orientated according to EXIF data and then the EXIF data is then stripped.

I know v12mike was able to get it working without this code change, but for me it was required. I will do some more testing, but all the test images and sample photos taken in landscape mode on my Samsung S9+ now display as they should.

[benwtf]

Testing with an image provided by a user who complained, I was able to use this extension with max dimensions set in attachments with no code modifications in 3.2.4.

Thank you!

EDIT: The extension here: viewtopic.php?f=456&t=2477256&p=15143616#p15143616
That's where I meant to post