Google-chrome – Chrome not rendering SVG referenced via element

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I am having issues with google chrome not rendering svg with an img element. This happens when refreshing the page and initial page load. I can get the image to show up by "Inspecting Element" then right clicking the svg file and opening the svg file in a new tab. The svg image will then be rendered on the original page.

<img src="../images/Aged-Brass.svg">

Totally at loss here as to what the issue is. The svg image renders fine in IE9 and FF just not in Chrome or Safari.

I have my MIME types set as well. (image/svg+xml)

EDIT:
Here is a simple html page that I built to help illustrate my issue.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>SVG Test</title>

    <style>
        #BackgroundImage{
            background: url('../images/Aged-Brass.svg') no-repeat scroll left top;
            width: 400px;
            height: 600px;
        }

        #image_element {
            width: 400px;
            height: 600px;
            margin: 0px;
            padding: 0px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="image_element">
        <img src="../images/Aged-Brass.svg">
    </div>
    <div id="BackgroundImage"></div>
</body>
</html>

As you can see I am trying to use an svg file in both an img element and in css as a background image. Neither work on the initial page load in chrome or safari. When I inspect element right click svg or click link to svg load in another window the svg file will render in original tab.

Best Answer

A simple and easy way; according to https://css-tricks.com/forums/topic/svg-css-background-image-not-showing-in-chrome/ You have to open the .SVG file with a text editor (like notepad) and change 

xlink:href="data:img/png;base64,

to:

xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,

it worked for me!