Yep, another animated avatar thread

[Epitaffio]

Hi all,

in our ubuntu vps (XenForo 1.1.3) i've installed imagick (apt-get install php5-imagick) and imagemagick (apt-get install imagemagick), restarted apache2 (and also the vps), and selected imagick in the acp, but can't still see the animated avatar on the threads list or in posts.
In phpinfo imagick is enabled.

Also in the data/avatars, the gif are converted in jpg.

What i should do or check now?

 

[Jake Bunce]

It's not retroactive. Did you try uploading a new animated avatar after setting up imagemagick?

 

[Epitaffio]

Yes, the avatars are still resized as jpg : (

 

[Jake Bunce]

Check for the imagick extension in your phpinfo, like this:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/animated-avatars-with-imagick-not-working.25875/

Confirm that appropriate file types are shown as supported (refer to image at above link).

And more generally, try upgrading ImageMagick and the associated extension in PHP. This has fixed problems for other people.

 

[Epitaffio]

Here it is my imagick from phpinfo, it should be the latest version because i've installed it yesterday, idem for imagemagick

 

[Jake Bunce]

And what is the image format of the avatar you are uploading?

There is actually a newer version of that library available:

http://pecl.php.net/package/imagick

 

[Epitaffio]

Hum, for testing purpose i'm using this:
http://rumorsontheinternets.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/indianajonesgif.gif (ftw indie!)

I have installed the latest version and now work like a charm (i can't understand why in the ftp the avatar is still in jpg ), btw here it is what i've done in ubuntu (i think it will do the trick in any other debian based)

sudo apt-get install make
sudo apt-get install php5-pear
sudo apt-get install php5-dev (i'm not quite sure it's needed)
sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev libmagickcore-dev (or the pecl will stuck during the make)
sudo pecl install imagick-3.1.0RC2 (only imagick won't work, and that it's the actual latest version)
sudo nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini (or gedit or whatever you use)
[INDENT=1]add the "extension=imagick.so" in the [extension] section[/INDENT]
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart (or nginx or you prefered webserver)

now reupload the avatar.


Hope this will help someone, and thank a lot Jake for pointing me out the latest pecl version!