diff --git a/crates/media/src/layered.rs b/crates/media/src/layered.rs
index 45ef5291..0fb40d81 100644
--- a/crates/media/src/layered.rs
+++ b/crates/media/src/layered.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(path: &str, bytes: &[u8], footage: &Footage, op: AlphaOp) -
                 let inner = effectcraft_psd::Psd::parse(data.to_vec()).map_err(|e| MediaError::Decode(format!("{path} (smart object): {e}")))?;
                 inner.composite().map_err(|e| MediaError::Decode(format!("{path} (smart object): {e}")))?
             } else {
-                let img = crate::probe::load_oriented(data).map_err(|e| MediaError::Decode(format!("{path} (smart object): {e}")))?;
+                let img = crate::probe::load_oriented(data, None).map_err(|e| MediaError::Decode(format!("{path} (smart object): {e}")))?;
                 let rgba = img.to_rgba32f();
                 effectcraft_psd::Pixels { width: rgba.width(), height: rgba.height(), data: rgba.pixels().map(|p| p.0).collect() }
             };
diff --git a/crates/media/src/pool.rs b/crates/media/src/pool.rs
index 76c4e898..b58c9f07 100644
--- a/crates/media/src/pool.rs
+++ b/crates/media/src/pool.rs
@@ -770,10 +770,7 @@ impl Inner {
                 {
                     return Err(MediaError::Decode(format!("{path}: {why}")));
                 }
-                let loaded = match crate::still_format(path, &bytes) {
-                    Some(fmt) => image::load_from_memory_with_format(&bytes, fmt),
-                    None => crate::probe::load_oriented(&bytes),
-                };
+                let loaded = crate::probe::load_oriented(&bytes, crate::still_format(path, &bytes));
                 let img = match loaded {
                     Ok(img) => img,
                     // A multi-layer OpenEXR file without an unnamed RGB layer: its colour layer.
diff --git a/crates/media/src/probe.rs b/crates/media/src/probe.rs
index e6be31c2..bae714c8 100644
--- a/crates/media/src/probe.rs
+++ b/crates/media/src/probe.rs
@@ -221,10 +221,15 @@ pub(crate) fn swaps_sides(o: Orientation) -> bool {
 
 /// Decode a still the way it is meant to be seen: its Exif orientation (a camera held sideways, a
 /// mirrored scan) is applied to the pixels, as image viewers do. A file without
-/// the tag, or with a broken one, decodes as stored.
-pub(crate) fn load_oriented(bytes: &[u8]) -> image::ImageResult<image::DynamicImage> {
+/// the tag, or with a broken one, decodes as stored. `fmt`: the format when the file's extension
+/// decides it (Targa has no signature to guess from), else guessed from the bytes.
+pub(crate) fn load_oriented(bytes: &[u8], fmt: Option<image::ImageFormat>) -> image::ImageResult<image::DynamicImage> {
     use image::ImageDecoder;
-    let mut dec = image::ImageReader::new(std::io::Cursor::new(bytes)).with_guessed_format()?.into_decoder()?;
+    let reader = match fmt {
+        Some(fmt) => image::ImageReader::with_format(std::io::Cursor::new(bytes), fmt),
+        None => image::ImageReader::new(std::io::Cursor::new(bytes)).with_guessed_format()?,
+    };
+    let mut dec = reader.into_decoder()?;
     let orientation = dec.orientation().unwrap_or(Orientation::NoTransforms);
     let mut img = image::DynamicImage::from_decoder(dec)?;
     img.apply_orientation(orientation);
diff --git a/crates/media/tests/footage.rs b/crates/media/tests/footage.rs
index 4734eb35..cc202503 100644
--- a/crates/media/tests/footage.rs
+++ b/crates/media/tests/footage.rs
@@ -943,7 +943,9 @@ fn dpx_stills_match_ffmpeg() {
         assert!(effectcraft_media::is_importable(&p));
         let f = probe(&p).expect(pf);
         assert_eq!(f.kind, FootageKind::Still);
-        assert_eq!((f.width, f.height, f.codec.as_str()), (250, 100, codec), "{pf}");
+        assert_eq!((f.width, f.height), (250, 100), "{pf}");
+        // Some ffmpeg builds state the transfer (", linear"), which the codec name then carries.
+        assert!(f.codec == codec || f.codec.starts_with(&format!("{codec}, ")), "{pf}: {}", f.codec);
         assert_eq!(f.alpha, if alpha { AlphaMode::Straight } else { AlphaMode::Ignore }, "{pf}");
         let img = MediaPool::new().frame_at(&f, Tick::ZERO).expect(pf);
         let want = ffmpeg_rgba(&p, !codec.contains("8-bit"));