Artwork image formats¶

The artwork view and playlist view use the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) to load images.

This means that support for additional image formats can be added by installing additional WIC codecs.

Note

When using newer or less common image formats, you may need to specify the file extension explicitly when configuring artwork sources in Display preferences (rather than use .*).

WebP¶

Windows 10 and 11 normally has a WebP codec installed automatically.

It can also be installed manually from Microsoft Store:

WebP Image Extension

On older versions of Windows and on Wine, the Google WebP codec can be installed for WebP support. (Note that this was last updated in January 2016 and is no longer being maintained.)

AVIF¶

For AVIF support on Windows 10 and 11 both of the following codecs must be installed from Microsoft Store:

These may have been installed automatically.

JPEG XL¶

For JPEG XL support, you can use either jxl-winthumb, or the JPEG XL Image Extension available from Microsoft Store.