ValueError: Could not find a format to read the specified file in mode 'i'
Different, but in case helpful. I had an identical error in a different library (skimage), and the solution was to add an extra 'plugin' parameter like so -
image = io.imread(filename,plugin='matplotlib')
I had this problem today, and found that if I closed the file before reading it into imageio the problem went away.
Error was:
File "/home/vinny/pvenvs/chess/lib/python3.6/site-packages/imageio/core/functions.py", line 139, in get_reader "Could not find a format to read the specified file " "in mode %r" % mode ValueError: Could not find a format to read the specified file in mode 'i'
Solution:
Put file.close()
before images.append(imageio.imread(filename))
, not after.
Add the option "pilmode":
imageio.imread(filename,pilmode="RGB")
It worked for me.
Had the exact same problem recently, and the issue was a single corrupt file. Best is to use something like PIL to check for bad files.
import os
from os import listdir
from PIL import Image
dir_path = "/path/"
for filename in listdir(dir_path):
if filename.endswith('.jpg'):
try:
img = Image.open(dir_path+"\\"+filename) # open the image file
img.verify() # verify that it is, in fact an image
except (IOError, SyntaxError) as e:
print('Bad file:', filename)
#os.remove(dir_path+"\\"+filename) (Maybe)