Hello, I am trying to load TGA textures in sharpdx, but it seems it is not supported.

Is there any simple method or do I have to write my own TGA format parser, parse the file into pixel array and then use those pixels?

I was trying to use

var bitmapDecoder = new SharpDX.WIC.BitmapDecoder(
                factory,
                filename,
                SharpDX.WIC.DecodeOptions.CacheOnDemand
                );

But I get WINCODEC_ERR_COMPONENTNOTFOUND/Componentnotfound on this code, so I presume TGA is not supported.

I'm using this code to load TGA-images: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/31702/NET-Targa-Image-Reader

It's released under CPOL-license, so should be comparable to MIT-license and won't bring problems, when using it

using Paloma;

...
                var image  = new TargaImage(filename);
                var format = Format.Unknown;
                var imageData = image.Image;
                if(image.Header.PixelDepth==24) {
                    format = Format.B8G8R8A8_UNorm;
                    imageData = image.Image.Clone(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, image.Image.Width, image.Image.Height), System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppRgb);
                }
                var bitmapData = imageData.LockBits(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, image.Image.Width, image.Image.Height), System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, imageData.PixelFormat);
                var bufferSize = bitmapData.Height * bitmapData.Stride;

                // copy our buffer to the texture
                int stride = image.Image.Width * 4;
                var tex = new Texture2D(device, new Texture2DDescription() {
                    Width = image.Header.Width,
                    Height = image.Header.Height,
                    Format = format,
                    ArraySize = 1,
                    BindFlags = BindFlags.ShaderResource | BindFlags.RenderTarget,
                    Usage = ResourceUsage.Default,
                    CpuAccessFlags = CpuAccessFlags.None,
                    MipLevels = GetNumMipLevels(image.Header.Width,image.Header.Height),
                    OptionFlags = ResourceOptionFlags.GenerateMipMaps,
                    SampleDescription = new SampleDescription(1, 0),
                });
                device.ImmediateContext.UpdateSubresource(tex,0,null,bitmapData.Scan0,stride,0);

                // unlock the bitmap data
                imageData.UnlockBits(bitmapData);

Thank you both, will test it once I get over another problem I found.

EDIT: I am using the teximpnet lib and works fine for me.