fpx Kodak FlashPix not working

[1plant4u]

I can't get my old fpx photos to open today. I get a black screen that seems to resize as I go through the file folder. I recently updated to the latest 32 bit version with the 32 bit plugins. Anyone else having this problem or have any comments?

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Check installed plugins from the help menu to see if the plugin is installed.



Zip a few FlashPix and attach them to your post for us to test.

[1plant4u]

Try these, I don't know what they are since I can no longer see them.
P0001410.zipP0001411.zip

[1plant4u]

And I do have FPX.DDL ver 4.48 in my plugIns

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

^{​They are just black here too.}

[1plant4u]

They open normally on my laptop at home that has not been updated and has version 4.33 on it. And to be clear, I mean the zip files above. It is a picture taken 4/11/1998. I wonder if that means it is a bug in the update?

[1plant4u]

It has FPX.DDL 4.32 on it.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

I got a reply:

No bug => FPX should die.


Yes, because of so many bugs in FPX library (overflows and security issues), some fixes will reject buggy FPX files.


Nobody should use FPX anymore, the format is dead.


=> the user should convert the files to something normal and never use FPX again ;-)

So, open the files in 4.44 and save them in a more useful format. If you need old version installers, check my IrfanView Help Page You can simply install it and the plugins in a different folder.

I opened those two files and saved them as JPG using version 4.44

[1plant4u]

Thanks for the quick response. I will say that I have used IrfanView for a long time and my old fpx files have always worked fine in the past. These are pictures I took with my first digital camera back in the 90s. They are straight out of the camera without any post processing for the most part.

[Jacal]

The last version of Xnview, that also claims to support the format, crashes on your samples instantly. As said, it might be time to convert your old photos to tiff or similar. And also keep an old enough version of IrfanView with them.

(I have a similar situation with some ancient crw photos, that no modern raw converter can open any more.)