[digiKam-users] Please could somebody help me with some FPX files.

[Maik Qualmann]

Add "fpx" as image mime-type in digiKam Setup under View-> MIME-Types.

Maik

Am Samstag, 14. November 2020, 17:20:43 CET schrieb Budge:
> Hi Gilles,
> Many thanks again.  After libfpx and ImageMagic from source I have been able
> to open the .fpx files and Magick commands work as expected.  What I have
> no been able to do is open the files in digiKam.  I have put a sample
> directory in the required album subfolder but I cannot open the
> subdirectory or see the pictures. Have I missed a switch or setting
> somewhere to enable the IM support? Regards,
> Budge
> 
> On 13/11/2020 12:51, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > ... and digiKam has a ImageMAgick image loader, so if your IM is
> > compiled with libfpx support, images will be visible in digiKam
> > automatically.
> > 
> > Best
> > 
> > Gilles Caulier
> > 
> > Le ven. 13 nov. 2020 à 13:39, Stuart T Rogers
> > 
> > <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk> a écrit :
> >> Just out of interest I had a look around and found that ImageMagick
> >> should support this format using libfpx. You may need to search around
> >> for libfpx and compile it from what I've seen.
> >> 
> >> Stuart
> >> 
> >> On 13/11/2020 11:24, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> 
> >>> If you can share some FPX files through the cloud, we can certainly
> >>> take a look at them
> >>> 
> >>> Best
> >>> 
> >>> Gilles Caulier
> >>> 
> >>> Le ven. 13 nov. 2020 à 12:22, Budge <ajebay at errichel.co.uk> a écrit :
> >>>> I have about a thousand pictures in FPX format taken with a Kodak
> >>>> camera which date from about 20 years ago.  Although only 20 years old
> >>>> I have been unable to find any software which will open these.  The
> >>>> format is obsolete and the only application I have had any success
> >>>> with in the past has been Irfanview (a windoze program) but even this
> >>>> no longer works.  Sadly I no longer have the camera. I am sure I am
> >>>> not the only person in this situation and hope somebody here who has
> >>>> time may be able to help. Budge
> >> 
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