# \#pvrtextool **URL:** https://forums.imgtec.com/tag/pvrtextool/6.md [Latest](https://forums.imgtec.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.imgtec.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.imgtec.com/tags.md) --- ## [Kamal Hinduja Switzerland Does PowerVR support GL\_ARB\_gl\_spirv?](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/kamal-hinduja-switzerland-does-powervr-support-gl-arb-gl-spirv/4209)
**Author:** [@kamal123](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/kamal123)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/kamal-hinduja-switzerland-does-powervr-support-gl-arb-gl-spirv/4209 "2026-03-10T05:32:46Z")
HI All, I’m Kamal Hinduja, based in Geneva, Switzerland(Swiss) . Can anyone explain Does PowerVR support GL\_ARB\_gl\_spirv ? Thanks, Regards Kamal Hinduja Geneva, Switzerland --- ## [PVR TEX TOOL compression is not proper when comparing with Mali tex compression](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvr-tex-tool-compression-is-not-proper-when-comparing-with-mali-tex-compression/4240)
**Author:** [@brajan1](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/brajan1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvr-tex-tool-compression-is-not-proper-when-comparing-with-mali-tex-compression/4240 "2025-11-17T10:26:35Z")
my GPU is IMG BXS-4-64 MC1 and SOC is TI sitara AMP62. i am checking the png images which are higher in size and trying to compress the .png as ETC2 and save as .ktx formats. use case 1: i used PVR tex tool to convert… --- ## [Hardware Cursor Support for Imagination GPU GE8300 on Ubuntu 22.04 Wayland](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/hardware-cursor-support-for-imagination-gpu-ge8300-on-ubuntu-22-04-wayland/4219)
**Author:** [@Sharan](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Sharan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/hardware-cursor-support-for-imagination-gpu-ge8300-on-ubuntu-22-04-wayland/4219 "2025-08-18T15:26:19Z")
Hello Team, I’m using Imagination GPU-GE8300 IP with DDK v2.23 running on RISC-V Development Platform within GNOME-Wayland (Ubuntu 22.04). Would like to know if GPU provides support for Hardware Cursor support that can … --- ## [PVRPerfServerDeveloper does not detect GPU on Synaptics Astra SoC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrperfserverdeveloper-does-not-detect-gpu-on-synaptics-astra-soc/4203)
**Author:** [@sinseok](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/sinseok)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrperfserverdeveloper-does-not-detect-gpu-on-synaptics-astra-soc/4203 "2025-08-06T08:46:40Z")
Hello PVRPerfServerDeveloper is not recognizing the GPU. I’m trying to measure performance using PVRTune, so I launched PVRPerfServerDeveloper. However, it fails to detect the GPU. I’m using a Synaptics Astra board wi… --- ## [Request for missing KTX2 formats](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/request-for-missing-ktx2-formats/4161)
**Author:** [@marwinmisselhorn](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/marwinmisselhorn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/request-for-missing-ktx2-formats/4161 "2025-05-28T13:54:56Z")
I consider PVRTexTool to be pretty much the best tool I tried so far in terms of KTX2 support. The only thing I find to be missing is support for BC6H, R8\_SRGB and R8G8\_SRGB. Especially BC6H is pretty popular for HDR con… --- ## [ETC2 yields strange artifacts around semitransparent regions](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/etc2-yields-strange-artifacts-around-semitransparent-regions/4153)
**Author:** [@dmarker22](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/dmarker22)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/etc2-yields-strange-artifacts-around-semitransparent-regions/4153 "2025-04-11T11:38:45Z")
Hello! I’m upgrading the PVRTexToolCLI.exe tool from 4\_20\_0\_0 to 5\_6\_0\_0 and am noticing strange artifacts around the semi-transparent regions of an image with the 5\_6\_0\_0 version. Here are the simplified arguments I … --- ## [PvrTexTool gui not starting on Ubuntu 22 nor 24](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtextool-gui-not-starting-on-ubuntu-22-nor-24/4107)
**Author:** [@collerblade3](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/collerblade3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtextool-gui-not-starting-on-ubuntu-22-nor-24/4107 "2025-01-27T10:53:13Z")
Hello guys, i tried 3 different mashine, but none of them was able to run the newest pvrtextool. qt.qpa.wayland: Failed to load client buffer integration: "wayland-egl" qt.qpa.wayland: Available client buffer integrati… --- ## [Lack of functionality on legacy processors](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/lack-of-functionality-on-legacy-processors/3928)
**Author:** [@faskat1967](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/faskat1967)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/lack-of-functionality-on-legacy-processors/3928 "2024-08-29T09:36:25Z")
Using PVRTexTool and a very ancient processor that lacks AVX instructions, the program has not been working properly since version 2022 R1, according to the ASTC texture decoding type in PNG. Maybe you should add some s… --- ## [Older version? (EXTRASPACE)](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/older-version-extraspace/3394)
**Author:** [@squidiskool](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/squidiskool)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/older-version-extraspace/3394 "2024-08-05T10:23:14Z")
Hello, is there a way to get 2020.R1 as an installer EXE? I’m trying to help someone with extracting the textures from a game and the new version doesn’t recongize the PVR textures. (They actually do, but there is artifa… --- ## [KTX compression on GPU](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/ktx-compression-on-gpu/3943)
**Author:** [@mpaleo-meetkai](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/mpaleo-meetkai)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/ktx-compression-on-gpu/3943 "2024-06-05T15:46:28Z")
Hi! I’m using toktx CLI to compress textures but runs really slow since runs on CPU I’m wondering if PVRTextTool uses GPU Thanks --- ## [Getting GPU load using PVRPerfServer in target board](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/getting-gpu-load-using-pvrperfserver-in-target-board/3933)
**Author:** [@miya](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/miya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/getting-gpu-load-using-pvrperfserver-in-target-board/3933 "2024-05-16T23:56:31Z")
Hello, I am working on making a simple performance measure tool of AXM-8-256 GPU in Renesas R-Car V4H device. I would like to know the data format or protocol that PVRPerfServer out to PVRTune. We also can get it using… --- ## [PowerVR® BXS 4-64 MC1 and MSAA](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/powervr-bxs-4-64-mc1-and-msaa/3919)
**Author:** [@Xie](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Xie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/powervr-bxs-4-64-mc1-and-msaa/3919 "2024-05-02T14:43:08Z")
Our platform is using the PowerVR® BXS 4-64 MC1 core GPU, and then we try to turn on hardware anti-aliasing during EGL inti. The following is my code diff, However, once EGL\_SAMPLE\_BUFFERS, 1, EGL\_SAMPLES, 4 are added, … --- ## [Unwanted discard of colors when alpha is zero](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/unwanted-discard-of-colors-when-alpha-is-zero/3907)
**Author:** [@jonas.khalil](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/jonas.khalil)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/unwanted-discard-of-colors-when-alpha-is-zero/3907 "2024-04-08T15:19:19Z")
Hi, I’m experiencing issues when compressing a texture with alpha channel to ETC2. Either I’m missing some new flags, or did the behavior regress? Particularly, I’m running (on version 5.5) PVRTexTool.exe -ssh -flip y … --- ## [PVRTexLib func CreateTextureFromFile doesn't support Chinese](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtexlib-func-createtexturefromfile-doesnt-support-chinese/3877)
**Author:** [@Subeipo](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Subeipo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtexlib-func-createtexturefromfile-doesnt-support-chinese/3877 "2024-01-12T17:48:57Z")
I try to resize my texture, the path contains Chinese, and the function return false, I wonder if it can support Chinese or use wchar\_t :wink: --- ## [PVRTexLib.dll nullptr dereference crash on transcode](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtexlib-dll-nullptr-dereference-crash-on-transcode/3866)
**Author:** [@fireibra](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/fireibra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtexlib-dll-nullptr-dereference-crash-on-transcode/3866 "2024-01-05T12:27:50Z")
Recently I’ve been having lots of issues with PVRTexLib.dll crashing in various ways when performing many texture transcodes, and it seems to crash on a random texture each time. Sometimes crashes within a few minutes, s… --- ## [PVRTexTool 'range' setting is not working correctly for signed textures](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtextool-range-setting-is-not-working-correctly-for-signed-textures/3833)
**Author:** [@attilaz](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/attilaz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtextool-range-setting-is-not-working-correctly-for-signed-textures/3833 "2023-10-20T06:46:34Z")
I am using PVRTexTool 5.5.0 (SDK build 23.2@f6744647926b). When viewing an EAC RG11 SNorm Linear texture the default limits are -32768 and 32767. If I set the view range to -1000 and 1000 color component with value -86… --- ## [I can't find the executable on Linux](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/i-cant-find-the-executable-on-linux/3816)
**Author:** [@FGEVO](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/FGEVO)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/i-cant-find-the-executable-on-linux/3816 "2023-10-02T13:23:09Z")
I have had problems when trying to start PVRTextool on Linux Ubuntu, but the executable file cannot be found anywhere. Does anyone know how to solve it? --- ## [How to decompress ETC2 to RGBA8888](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-decompress-etc2-to-rgba8888/3749)
**Author:** [@DADADA](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/DADADA)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-decompress-etc2-to-rgba8888/3749 "2023-08-09T02:40:35Z")
Hi I used PVRTDecompress.cpp in Native\_SDK to decompress pvr files in ETC2 format, then I realized that this only seems to support decompression of the ECT1 format, how do I apply it to the ETC2 format? Any suggestions… --- ## [How to create 2d texture with 1 pixel height image](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-create-2d-texture-with-1-pixel-height-image/3744)
**Author:** [@Qte](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Qte)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-create-2d-texture-with-1-pixel-height-image/3744 "2023-07-21T14:40:58Z")
if input image height is 1, pvrTexTool create ktx1 texture with height 0(1d texture), is there a option can create 2d texture which height is 1 in ktx1 --- ## [Loading textures from memory in PVRTexLib](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/loading-textures-from-memory-in-pvrtexlib/3736)
**Author:** [@DaniilSV](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/DaniilSV)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/loading-textures-from-memory-in-pvrtexlib/3736 "2023-07-03T08:31:10Z")
Hey, I’m developing an application that needs to load multiple textures (mostly ktx1 or ktx2) in one big binary file that I load into memory and read. I want to use PVRTexLib to get an uncompressed array of pixels but t… --- ## [I encountered a bug when converting ETC2.](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/i-encountered-a-bug-when-converting-etc2/3719)
**Author:** [@nebulaliu](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/nebulaliu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/i-encountered-a-bug-when-converting-etc2/3719 "2023-05-31T18:39:51Z")
When I was using a tool to convert larger PNG images into ETC2 format, the tool process had already ended, but at that moment the expected file could not be read from the disk, in other words, the file did not exist on t… --- ## [PVRTexTool: 3D texture Error recognizing R32G32B32A32 to A32B32G32R32](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtextool-3d-texture-error-recognizing-r32g32b32a32-to-a32b32g32r32/3691)
**Author:** [@Subeipo](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Subeipo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtextool-3d-texture-error-recognizing-r32g32b32a32-to-a32b32g32r32/3691 "2023-03-20T10:17:27Z")
Hi I am so confused that some of my 3D textures are wrongly recognized as ABGR32, and I wonder if it’s a bug or something… To be specific,I have a texture with format RGBA32, and it works well in other texture tool suc… --- ## [How to batch convert PVR to PNG with PVRTexToolCLI](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-batch-convert-pvr-to-png-with-pvrtextoolcli/3688)
**Author:** [@Connor](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Connor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-batch-convert-pvr-to-png-with-pvrtextoolcli/3688 "2023-03-18T02:02:10Z")
Hi, I use PVRTexToolCLI v5.3.0.0, I checked the PVRTexTool Command Line Documentation, and I used the following command to convert a single PVR: PVRTexToolCLI -i D:\\tex\_t\\new\_01.pvr, -ics sRGB -noout -d it works fine a… --- ## [How can I get get measuring the GPU load like "pvrscope"？](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-can-i-get-get-measuring-the-gpu-load-like-pvrscope/3668)
**Author:** [@qmw](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/qmw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-can-i-get-get-measuring-the-gpu-load-like-pvrscope/3668 "2023-03-09T10:17:23Z")
When running the QNX OS on top of TI’s DRA72X chip, we encountered an error where the log print showed that a GPU hardware reset was triggered。 TI recommends that we monitor the working status of the GPU in real time… --- ## [How to get the source code of pvrtextool 4.19.0?](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-get-the-source-code-of-pvrtextool-4-19-0/3656)
**Author:** [@zhcnyuyang](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/zhcnyuyang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-get-the-source-code-of-pvrtextool-4-19-0/3656 "2023-02-14T10:49:45Z")
Recently I need to compile a project on Linux and it requires pvrtextool 4.19.0, but I searched on the offical website I didn’t fint the link of downloading the source code. So where can I get the source code if pvrtext… --- ## [Red shifted images when transcoding to JPG/PNG](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/red-shifted-images-when-transcoding-to-jpg-png/3632)
**Author:** [@Antony](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Antony)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/red-shifted-images-when-transcoding-to-jpg-png/3632 "2023-01-19T11:25:02Z")
We have a bunch of image formats we are interested in transcoding to PNG/JPG using the downloadable batch pvrtextool as an evaluation. There seems to be a number of cases where images are red shifted, and this seems to h… --- ## [Loading KTX2 file with PVRTexLib.lib](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/loading-ktx2-file-with-pvrtexlib-lib/3568)
**Author:** [@Hayashi](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Hayashi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/loading-ktx2-file-with-pvrtexlib-lib/3568 "2022-08-03T06:32:39Z")
I am developing a plugin to import glTF for 3dsMax. I’m trying to convert KTX2 to PNG using PVRTexLib, So I implemented the code: But it does not seem to load the KTX2 image.(m\_hTexture=0) I use Khronos glTF sample d… --- ## [How to use DecompressPVR from PVRTextLib?](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-use-decompresspvr-from-pvrtextlib/323)
**Author:** [@riruilo](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/riruilo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-use-decompresspvr-from-pvrtextlib/323 "2009-04-15T17:49:18Z")
Hi dudes! I'm using PVRTextLib to decompress PVR files and use them in my OpenGL program (level editor) under Windows XP and Visual Studio 2005. I'd like to obtain a bytes array representing my image, someting like u… --- ## [Convert pvr to png](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/convert-pvr-to-png/3537)
**Author:** [@cui.gc](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/cui.gc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/convert-pvr-to-png/3537 "2022-07-04T09:06:00Z")
Convert pvr to png? Can windows use pvr for texture mapping? Does google browser support it? If not, can the pvr file be converted to png format? --- ## [Invalid dimensions selected for your chosen format.Please see -help for valid parameters.](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/invalid-dimensions-selected-for-your-chosen-format-please-see-help-for-valid-parameters/3488)
**Author:** [@simonastcask](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/simonastcask)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/invalid-dimensions-selected-for-your-chosen-format-please-see-help-for-valid-parameters/3488 "2022-05-05T11:14:57Z")
PVRTexToolCLI -i E:\\bin\\res\\view\\atlas\\public\\buff\_icon.png -f ASTC\_6X6 -q astcveryfast -p -o E:\\bin\\res\\view\\atlas\\public\\buff\_icon.ktx What am I doing wrong with the following commands? [Next page](https://forums.imgtec.com/tag/pvrtextool/6.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=pvrtextool)