cannot identify image file 'filename.png' 2021-01-17 20:12:33,709: WARNING Invalid image file filename.png:

[awsaf49]

Getting this error, cannot identify image file 'filename.png' 2021-01-17 20:12:33,709: WARNING Invalid image file filename.png: in v0.2.4 for .png file

[tanujjain]

Th version 0.2.4 is not available on pip yet. pip installs 0.2.2.
Anyhow, are you sure that the file is not corrupt? You can quickly try to also see if the following code loads the image:

from PIL import Image
im = Image.open('path/to/image')

[awsaf49]

I think image_dir requires writing access.

[Joshfindit]

I think image_dir requires writing access.

Do you mean that you verified that the image is intact and valid, but that imagededup did not have write access to the folder that image was in?

[awsaf49]

I think image_dir requires writing access.

Do you mean that you verified that the image is intact and valid, but that imagededup did not have write access to the folder that image was in?

yes