[digiKam-users] .fit file format

[Gilles Caulier]

Great !!!

Look in ffmpeg image supported : FITS is here :

https://www.ffmpeg.org/general.html#Image-Formats

This want mean that we can support this format de fact with small changes
done in source code :

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393408

Gilles Caulier

2018-04-21 13:41 GMT+02:00 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:

> I got it.
>
> Fit is not supported by Qt IO image format plugins de facto. libraw do not
> recognize too this format as RAW. ffmpeg too. So there is no way to see
> this file contents in digiKam.
>
> I see also this image containing metadata. Exiv2 do not support this
> format too.
>
> So to be able to extend this support :
>
> 1/ Create a file in bugzilla to register this wish. We can assing this job
> to a student later. We have a similar subject to extend DK with JPEG 12 bit
> loss less for medical purpose.
>
> 2 Create a file in Exiv2 issues entries in github to support this file
> format, at least in READ only about metadata.
>
> Note ImageMagick support this format. So code to decode FIT can be found
> easily to write a dedicated loader in digiKam core.
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2018-04-21 13:28 GMT+02:00 jdd at dodin.org <jdd at dodin.org>:
>
>> Le 21/04/2018 à 12:33, rutile a écrit :
>>
>>> oops, disregard previous that was a raw file meant for someone else.
>>>
>>> This is the .fit file:
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/d97vktzmpb1jjzv/April19thRR_00001.fit?dl=0
>>>
>>>
>> :-)
>>
>> GIMP opens 3 (three) images seems to be a 3D raw format :-)
>>
>> NASA gives lot of infos:
>>
>> https://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_viewer.html
>>
>> including linux applications
>>
>> jdd
>>
>>
>> --
>> http://dodin.org
>>
>
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