[MacOS] Basemap not loading since Blender 3.0 - Could not find a format to write the specified file in mode 'i'

[domlysz]

I tried on macOS 12.4 (M1 SoC) with Blender 3.1.2 and had nothing but trouble:

Here the head of the Log file: INFO:BlenderGIS-225:92:###### Starting new Blender session : 2022-05-19 11:06:34 DEBUG:BlenderGIS-225.core.checkdeps:9:GDAL Python binding unavailable DEBUG:BlenderGIS-225.core.checkdeps:20:PyProj unavailable DEBUG:BlenderGIS-225.core.checkdeps:31:Pillow unavailable DEBUG:BlenderGIS-225.core.checkdeps:46:ImageIO Freeimage plugin available DEBUG:BlenderGIS-225.operators.view3d_mapviewer:201:Bounding box request : (-165544258.37890333, -91342860.29701191, 165544258.37890333, 91342860.29701191) DEBUG:BlenderGIS-225.core.basemaps.mapservice:724:45 tiles requested, 0 already in cache, 45 remains to download DEBUG:BlenderGIS-225.core.basemaps.mapservice:578:https://tile.openstreetmap.org/0/0/0.png ERROR:BlenderGIS-225.core.basemaps.mapservice:883:Corrupted tile on cache Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/core/basemaps/mapservice.py", line 881, in getImage img = NpImage(data) File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/core/georaster/npimg.py", line 122, in init self.data = self._npFromBLOB(data) File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/core/georaster/npimg.py", line 242, in _npFromBLOB data = self._npFromImgIO(img) File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/core/georaster/npimg.py", line 258, in _npFromImgIO data = imageio.imread(img) File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/core/lib/imageio/core/functions.py", line 181, in imread reader = read(uri, format, 'i', **kwargs) File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/core/lib/imageio/core/functions.py", line 107, in get_reader raise ValueError('Could not find a format to read the specified file ' ValueError: Could not find a format to read the specified file in mode 'i' ERROR:BlenderGIS-225:96:Uncaught exception Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/init.py", line 117, in run_with_except_hook run_original(*args2, **kwargs2) File "/Applications/Blender 3.1.2.app/Contents/Resources/3.1/python/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 946, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/operators/view3d_mapviewer.py", line 158, in run self.mosaic.save(self.imgPath) File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/core/georaster/npimg.py", line 393, in save imageio.imwrite(path, self.data)#float32 support ok File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/core/lib/imageio/core/functions.py", line 220, in imwrite writer = get_writer(uri, format, 'i', **kwargs) File "/Users/tkumlehn/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.1/scripts/addons/BlenderGIS-225/core/lib/imageio/core/functions.py", line 148, in get_writer raise ValueError('Could not find a format to write the specified file ' ValueError: Could not find a format to write the specified file in mode 'i'

Originally posted by @PixelPartner in https://github.com/domlysz/BlenderGIS/issues/664#issuecomment-1131804543

[aplr]

See my answer on #655

[plumpNation]

I have the same issue, the same error.

Blender 3.6.4 BlenderGIS-228:92 Freeimage 3.18.0

Installing the freeimage software and setting the env var did not seem to change anything.

launchctl setenv IMAGEIO_FREEIMAGE_LIB /opt/homebrew/Cellar/freeimage/3.18.0/lib/libfreeimage.dylib