Trying to upload a large profile picture can cause stalls/crashes

[SethFalco]

Description

If you upload a large file, Riot stalls, and sometimes crashes.
I have tried using a 3.8GB mkv file which causes a crash. And a 1.2GB image file which freezes the application for a while, and eventually responds again with the profile picture not appearing.

Steps to reproduce

• Open Account Settings
• Select a large image (or non-image file)

For non image files it simply shouldn't accept it, however for large image files I would expect either a clear file size limit such as 1024KB or 8MB, and for the application to not stop responding during the uploading of the image.

Logs being sent: yes

Version information

• Platform: Desktop

For the desktop app:

• OS: Ubuntu 18.04
• Version: 1.5.3

[SethFalco]

I don't think common sense justifies this behaviour when it can be programatically handled, for example from the Discord UI, Image is the only File Explorer filter available, if I have a large (1.8GB png) it does force Discord to restart which is not ideal but it's better than just not-responding or becoming a white window.

I could concede this is a low priority, however it's certainly unexpected behaviour that should be addressed.

[jph168]

Crashing/nonresponding behavior should be addressed. Being able to select other file formats upon selecting all files is not really a problem in my opinion since most applications restrict formats to the point of having to convert files in order to be readable. I understand you though.

[532910]

Riot-electron hangs with white screen trying to send the same 200Mb H264 video file, while riot-web in ff works fine.

[turt2live]

Duplicate of #4264