Reduce string allocations

Some simple changes to reduce the number of allocated strings

Emby.Dlna/DlnaManager.cs

@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna
             try
             {
                 return _fileSystem.GetFilePaths(path)
-                    .Where(i => string.Equals(Path.GetExtension(i), ".xml", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    .Where(i => Path.GetExtension(i.AsSpan()).Equals(".xml", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                     .Select(i => ParseProfileFile(i, type))
                     .Where(i => i is not null)
                     .ToList()!; // We just filtered out all the nulls

Emby.Naming/ExternalFiles/ExternalPathParser.cs

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.ExternalFiles
                 return null;
             }
 
-            var extension = Path.GetExtension(path);
+            var extension = Path.GetExtension(path.AsSpan());
             if (!(_type == DlnaProfileType.Subtitle && _namingOptions.SubtitleFileExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 && !(_type == DlnaProfileType.Audio && _namingOptions.AudioFileExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
             {

Emby.Naming/Video/StubResolver.cs

@@ -26,19 +26,18 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.Video
                 return false;
             }
 
-            var extension = Path.GetExtension(path);
+            var extension = Path.GetExtension(path.AsSpan());
 
             if (!options.StubFileExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 return false;
             }
 
-            path = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path);
-            var token = Path.GetExtension(path).TrimStart('.');
+            var token = Path.GetExtension(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path.AsSpan())).TrimStart('.');
 
             foreach (var rule in options.StubTypes)
             {
-                if (string.Equals(rule.Token, token, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                if (token.Equals(rule.Token, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     stubType = rule.StubType;
                     return true;

Emby.Photos/PhotoProvider.cs

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace Emby.Photos
             item.SetImagePath(ImageType.Primary, item.Path);
 
             // Examples: https://github.com/mono/taglib-sharp/blob/a5f6949a53d09ce63ee7495580d6802921a21f14/tests/fixtures/TagLib.Tests.Images/NullOrientationTest.cs
-            if (_includeExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(item.Path), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (_includeExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(item.Path.AsSpan()), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 try
                 {

Emby.Server.Implementations/IO/ManagedFileSystem.cs

@@ -103,15 +103,17 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
                 return filePath;
             }
 
+            var filePathSpan = filePath.AsSpan();
+
             // relative path
             if (firstChar == '\\')
             {
-                filePath = filePath.Substring(1);
+                filePathSpan = filePathSpan.Slice(1);
             }
 
             try
             {
-                return Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(folderPath, filePath));
+                return Path.GetFullPath(Path.Join(folderPath, filePathSpan));
             }
             catch (ArgumentException)
             {

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs

@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 Name = Path.GetFileName(dir),
 
                 Locations = _fileSystem.GetFilePaths(dir, false)
-                .Where(i => string.Equals(ShortcutFileExtension, Path.GetExtension(i), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                .Where(i => Path.GetExtension(i.AsSpan()).Equals(ShortcutFileExtension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                     .Select(i =>
                     {
                         try
@@ -3135,7 +3135,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             }
 
             var shortcut = _fileSystem.GetFilePaths(virtualFolderPath, true)
-                .Where(i => string.Equals(ShortcutFileExtension, Path.GetExtension(i), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                .Where(i => Path.GetExtension(i.AsSpan()).Equals(ShortcutFileExtension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 .FirstOrDefault(f => _appHost.ExpandVirtualPath(_fileSystem.ResolveShortcut(f)).Equals(mediaPath, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(shortcut))

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/Audio/AudioResolver.cs

@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Audio
 
             if (AudioFileParser.IsAudioFile(args.Path, _namingOptions))
             {
-                var extension = Path.GetExtension(args.Path);
+                var extension = Path.GetExtension(args.Path.AsSpan());
 
-                if (string.Equals(extension, ".cue", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                if (extension.Equals(".cue", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     // if audio file exists of same name, return null
                     return null;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Audio
 
                 if (item is not null)
                 {
-                    item.IsShortcut = string.Equals(extension, ".strm", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                    item.IsShortcut = extension.Equals(".strm", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
                     item.IsInMixedFolder = true;
                 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/BaseVideoResolver.cs

@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers
                 return false;
             }
 
-            return directoryService.GetFilePaths(fullPath).Any(i => string.Equals(Path.GetExtension(i), ".vob", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            return directoryService.GetFilePaths(fullPath).Any(i => Path.GetExtension(i.AsSpan()).Equals(".vob", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
         }
 
         /// <summary>

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/Books/BookResolver.cs

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Books
                 return GetBook(args);
             }
 
-            var extension = Path.GetExtension(args.Path);
+            var extension = Path.GetExtension(args.Path.AsSpan());
 
-            if (extension is not null && _validExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (_validExtensions.Contains(extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 // It's a book
                 return new Book
@@ -51,12 +51,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Books
         {
             var bookFiles = args.FileSystemChildren.Where(f =>
             {
-                var fileExtension = Path.GetExtension(f.FullName)
-                    ?? string.Empty;
+                var fileExtension = Path.GetExtension(f.FullName.AsSpan());
 
                 return _validExtensions.Contains(
                     fileExtension,
-                    StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                    StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             }).ToList();
 
             // Don't return a Book if there is more (or less) than one document in the directory

Emby.Server.Implementations/MediaEncoder/EncodingManager.cs

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.MediaEncoder
         {
             var deadImages = images
                 .Except(chapters.Select(i => i.ImagePath).Where(i => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(i)), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                .Where(i => BaseItem.SupportedImageExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(i), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                .Where(i => BaseItem.SupportedImageExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(i.AsSpan()), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 .ToList();
 
             foreach (var image in deadImages)

Emby.Server.Implementations/Playlists/PlaylistManager.cs

@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Playlists
             // this is probably best done as a metadata provider
             // saving a file over itself will require some work to prevent this from happening when not needed
             var playlistPath = item.Path;
-            var extension = Path.GetExtension(playlistPath);
+            var extension = Path.GetExtension(playlistPath.AsSpan());
 
-            if (string.Equals(".wpl", extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (extension.Equals(".wpl", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 var playlist = new WplPlaylist();
                 foreach (var child in item.GetLinkedChildren())
@@ -362,8 +362,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Playlists
                 string text = new WplContent().ToText(playlist);
                 File.WriteAllText(playlistPath, text);
             }
-
-            if (string.Equals(".zpl", extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            else if (extension.Equals(".zpl", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 var playlist = new ZplPlaylist();
                 foreach (var child in item.GetLinkedChildren())
@@ -396,8 +395,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Playlists
                 string text = new ZplContent().ToText(playlist);
                 File.WriteAllText(playlistPath, text);
             }
-
-            if (string.Equals(".m3u", extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            else if (extension.Equals(".m3u", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 var playlist = new M3uPlaylist
                 {
@@ -428,8 +426,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Playlists
                 string text = new M3uContent().ToText(playlist);
                 File.WriteAllText(playlistPath, text);
             }
-
-            if (string.Equals(".m3u8", extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            else if (extension.Equals(".m3u8", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 var playlist = new M3uPlaylist();
                 playlist.IsExtended = true;
@@ -458,8 +455,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Playlists
                 string text = new M3uContent().ToText(playlist);
                 File.WriteAllText(playlistPath, text);
             }
-
-            if (string.Equals(".pls", extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            else if (extension.Equals(".pls", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 var playlist = new PlsPlaylist();
                 foreach (var child in item.GetLinkedChildren())

Emby.Server.Implementations/Updates/InstallationManager.cs

@@ -504,8 +504,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Updates
 
         private async Task PerformPackageInstallation(InstallationInfo package, PluginStatus status, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            var extension = Path.GetExtension(package.SourceUrl);
-            if (!string.Equals(extension, ".zip", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (!Path.GetExtension(package.SourceUrl.AsSpan()).Equals(".zip", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 _logger.LogError("Only zip packages are supported. {SourceUrl} is not a zip archive.", package.SourceUrl);
                 return;

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs

@@ -2041,9 +2041,9 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             return null;
         }
 
-        var playlistFilename = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(playlist);
+        var playlistFilename = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(playlist.AsSpan());
 
-        var indexString = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file.Name).Substring(playlistFilename.Length);
+        var indexString = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file.Name.AsSpan()).Slice(playlistFilename.Length);
 
         return int.Parse(indexString, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
     }

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/HlsSegmentController.cs

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class HlsSegmentController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     public ActionResult GetHlsAudioSegmentLegacy([FromRoute, Required] string itemId, [FromRoute, Required] string segmentId)
     {
         // TODO: Deprecate with new iOS app
-        var file = segmentId + Path.GetExtension(Request.Path);
+        var file = string.Concat(segmentId, Path.GetExtension(Request.Path.Value.AsSpan()));
         var transcodePath = _serverConfigurationManager.GetTranscodePath();
         file = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(transcodePath, file));
         var fileDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(file);
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@ public class HlsSegmentController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     [SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1801:ReviewUnusedParameters", MessageId = "itemId", Justification = "Required for ServiceStack")]
     public ActionResult GetHlsPlaylistLegacy([FromRoute, Required] string itemId, [FromRoute, Required] string playlistId)
     {
-        var file = playlistId + Path.GetExtension(Request.Path);
+        var file = string.Concat(playlistId, Path.GetExtension(Request.Path.Value.AsSpan()));
         var transcodePath = _serverConfigurationManager.GetTranscodePath();
         file = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(transcodePath, file));
         var fileDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(file);
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileDir) || !fileDir.StartsWith(transcodePath, StringComparison.InvariantCulture) || Path.GetExtension(file) != ".m3u8")
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileDir) || !fileDir.StartsWith(transcodePath, StringComparison.InvariantCulture)
+            || Path.GetExtension(file.AsSpan()).Equals(".m3u8", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
             return BadRequest("Invalid segment.");
         }
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ public class HlsSegmentController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromRoute, Required] string segmentId,
         [FromRoute, Required] string segmentContainer)
     {
-        var file = segmentId + Path.GetExtension(Request.Path);
+        var file = string.Concat(segmentId, Path.GetExtension(Request.Path.Value.AsSpan()));
         var transcodeFolderPath = _serverConfigurationManager.GetTranscodePath();
 
         file = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(transcodeFolderPath, file));

Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
             ? GetOutputFileExtension(state, mediaSource)
             : ("." + state.OutputContainer);
 
-        state.OutputFilePath = GetOutputFilePath(state, ext!, serverConfigurationManager, streamingRequest.DeviceId, streamingRequest.PlaySessionId);
+        state.OutputFilePath = GetOutputFilePath(state, ext, serverConfigurationManager, streamingRequest.DeviceId, streamingRequest.PlaySessionId);
 
         return state;
     }
@@ -418,11 +418,11 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
     /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
     private static string? GetOutputFileExtension(StreamState state, MediaSourceInfo? mediaSource)
     {
-        var ext = Path.GetExtension(state.RequestedUrl);
+        var ext = Path.GetExtension(state.RequestedUrl.AsSpan());
 
-        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ext))
+        if (ext.IsEmpty)
         {
-            return ext;
+            return null;
         }
 
         // Try to infer based on the desired video codec
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
     /// <param name="deviceId">The device id.</param>
     /// <param name="playSessionId">The play session id.</param>
     /// <returns>The complete file path, including the folder, for the transcoding file.</returns>
-    private static string GetOutputFilePath(StreamState state, string outputFileExtension, IServerConfigurationManager serverConfigurationManager, string? deviceId, string? playSessionId)
+    private static string GetOutputFilePath(StreamState state, string? outputFileExtension, IServerConfigurationManager serverConfigurationManager, string? deviceId, string? playSessionId)
     {
         var data = $"{state.MediaPath}-{state.UserAgent}-{deviceId!}-{playSessionId!}";
 

Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/TranscodingJobHelper.cs

@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ public class TranscodingJobHelper : IDisposable
                 await _attachmentExtractor.ExtractAllAttachments(state.MediaPath, state.MediaSource, attachmentPath, cancellationTokenSource.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
-            if (state.SubtitleStream.IsExternal && string.Equals(Path.GetExtension(state.SubtitleStream.Path), ".mks", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (state.SubtitleStream.IsExternal && Path.GetExtension(state.SubtitleStream.Path.AsSpan()).Equals(".mks", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 string subtitlePath = state.SubtitleStream.Path;
                 string subtitlePathArgument = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "file:\"{0}\"", subtitlePath.Replace("\"", "\\\"", StringComparison.Ordinal));

MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs

@@ -548,25 +548,25 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
         /// <returns>System.Nullable{VideoCodecs}.</returns>
         public string InferVideoCodec(string url)
         {
-            var ext = Path.GetExtension(url);
+            var ext = Path.GetExtension(url.AsSpan());
 
-            if (string.Equals(ext, ".asf", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (ext.Equals(".asf", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 return "wmv";
             }
 
-            if (string.Equals(ext, ".webm", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (ext.Equals(".webm", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 // TODO: this may not always mean VP8, as the codec ages
                 return "vp8";
             }
 
-            if (string.Equals(ext, ".ogg", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || string.Equals(ext, ".ogv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (ext.Equals(".ogg", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || ext.Equals(".ogv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 return "theora";
             }
 
-            if (string.Equals(ext, ".m3u8", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || string.Equals(ext, ".ts", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (ext.Equals(".m3u8", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || ext.Equals(".ts", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 return "h264";
             }
@@ -1080,10 +1080,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 && state.SubtitleStream.IsExternal)
             {
                 var subtitlePath = state.SubtitleStream.Path;
-                var subtitleExtension = Path.GetExtension(subtitlePath);
+                var subtitleExtension = Path.GetExtension(subtitlePath.AsSpan());
 
-                if (string.Equals(subtitleExtension, ".sub", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                    || string.Equals(subtitleExtension, ".sup", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                if (subtitleExtension.Equals(".sub", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    || subtitleExtension.Equals(".sup", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     var idxFile = Path.ChangeExtension(subtitlePath, ".idx");
                     if (File.Exists(idxFile))
@@ -6033,7 +6033,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             var format = string.Empty;
             var keyFrame = string.Empty;
 
-            if (string.Equals(Path.GetExtension(outputPath), ".mp4", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            if (Path.GetExtension(outputPath.AsSpan()).Equals(".mp4", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 && state.BaseRequest.Context == EncodingContext.Streaming)
             {
                 // Comparison: https://github.com/jansmolders86/mediacenterjs/blob/master/lib/transcoding/desktop.js

MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Attachments/AttachmentExtractor.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#nullable disable
 #pragma warning disable CS1591
 
 using System;
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Attachments
 {
-    public class AttachmentExtractor : IAttachmentExtractor, IDisposable
+    public sealed class AttachmentExtractor : IAttachmentExtractor
     {
         private readonly ILogger<AttachmentExtractor> _logger;
         private readonly IApplicationPaths _appPaths;
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Attachments
         private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, SemaphoreSlim> _semaphoreLocks =
             new ConcurrentDictionary<string, SemaphoreSlim>();
 
-        private bool _disposed = false;
-
         public AttachmentExtractor(
             ILogger<AttachmentExtractor> logger,
             IApplicationPaths appPaths,
@@ -296,7 +293,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Attachments
 
             ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty(outputPath);
 
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(outputPath));
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(outputPath) ?? throw new ArgumentException("Path can't be a root directory.", nameof(outputPath)));
 
             var processArgs = string.Format(
                 CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
@@ -391,33 +388,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Attachments
                 filename = (mediaPath + attachmentStreamIndex.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)).GetMD5().ToString("D", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
             }
 
-            var prefix = filename.Substring(0, 1);
-            return Path.Combine(_appPaths.DataPath, "attachments", prefix, filename);
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public void Dispose()
-        {
-            Dispose(true);
-            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Releases unmanaged and - optionally - managed resources.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="disposing"><c>true</c> to release both managed and unmanaged resources; <c>false</c> to release only unmanaged resources.</param>
-        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
-        {
-            if (_disposed)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (disposing)
-            {
-            }
-
-            _disposed = true;
+            var prefix = filename.AsSpan(0, 1);
+            return Path.Join(_appPaths.DataPath, "attachments", prefix, filename);
         }
     }
 }

MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs

@@ -316,10 +316,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             {
                 var files = _fileSystem.GetFilePaths(path, recursive);
 
-                var excludeExtensions = new[] { ".c" };
-
-                return files.FirstOrDefault(i => string.Equals(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(i), filename, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                                                    && !excludeExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(i) ?? string.Empty));
+                return files.FirstOrDefault(i => Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(i.AsSpan()).Equals(filename, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                                                    && !Path.GetExtension(i.AsSpan()).Equals(".c", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {

src/Jellyfin.Drawing.Skia/SkiaEncoder.cs

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class SkiaEncoder : IImageEncoder
             return path;
         }
 
-        var tempPath = Path.Combine(_appPaths.TempDirectory, Guid.NewGuid() + Path.GetExtension(path));
+        var tempPath = Path.Combine(_appPaths.TempDirectory, string.Concat(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), Path.GetExtension(path.AsSpan())));
         var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(tempPath) ?? throw new ResourceNotFoundException($"Provided path ({tempPath}) is not valid.");
         Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
         File.Copy(path, tempPath, true);

src/Jellyfin.Drawing.Skia/StripCollageBuilder.cs

@@ -38,25 +38,25 @@ public partial class StripCollageBuilder
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(outputPath);
 
-        var ext = Path.GetExtension(outputPath);
+        var ext = Path.GetExtension(outputPath.AsSpan());
 
-        if (string.Equals(ext, ".jpg", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-            || string.Equals(ext, ".jpeg", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        if (ext.Equals(".jpg", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            || ext.Equals(".jpeg", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
             return SKEncodedImageFormat.Jpeg;
         }
 
-        if (string.Equals(ext, ".webp", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        if (ext.Equals(".webp", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
             return SKEncodedImageFormat.Webp;
         }
 
-        if (string.Equals(ext, ".gif", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        if (ext.Equals(".gif", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
             return SKEncodedImageFormat.Gif;
         }
 
-        if (string.Equals(ext, ".bmp", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        if (ext.Equals(".bmp", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
             return SKEncodedImageFormat.Bmp;
         }