Paint.net JPG image no longer opens on various smart TVs

[JLE]

For long years I've been generating JPG images and displaying them on TVs as slideshow .  

With recent updates,  all TVs are complaining "UNSUPPORTED format" for all new jpgs .

 

To verify it's a new bad feature (or introduced bug),  I am able to still view all images

generated 2 years ago by Paint.net.

 

Someone down the road broke compatibility with 4 year old smart TVs ,  of various brands. 

Basically,  Save-As -- jpg backward compatibility is broken  . 

 

If I did SCREENSHOT on PC then move file to TV,  it opens but with poor resolution .

 

Tomorrow, I'll try editing the jpg output with Microsoft paint,  hopefully it will fix 

the broken image .   This might be a good workaround.  As a Software Engineer,

I must try workarounds. 

 

Has anyone run into this problem ?  

 

 

[Tactilis]

1 hour ago, JLE said:

With recent updates, all TVs are complaining "UNSUPPORTED format" for all new jpgs .

For info: I've just tried saving a new jpg image using paint.net 5.0.12. It displays OK on my 2022 and 2012 LG smart TVs.
 

 

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Someone down the road broke compatibility with 4 year old smart TVs, of various brands. 

Basically,  Save-As -- jpg backward compatibility is broken. 

That's a rather sweeping statement.

Can you zip and upload somewhere one of your old working images and one of the new 'broken' ones and post the link please?

 

[Rick Brewster]

The JPEG support in Paint.NET has not been changed in quite awhile, I highly doubt Paint.NET is the culprit here.

 

We need examples of the files that are broken and/or working. There is probably something simpler going on here -- for instance, often people save the file with the wrong extension (or the wrong type, depending on your perspective). It's a simple fix if that's the case.

 

We also need to know specifically which TVs you are trying to load these images on. "4 year old smart TVs" isn't specific enough.