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Re: ImageMagick not working on Vista/Server 2008 64-bit
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jun 20 03:36, Barry Kelly wrote:
> > I have a Windows Server 2008 64-bit install, and I've found that
> > ImageMagick cannot convert a simple JPG into a BMP, or resize a JPG.
> >
> > Steps to reproduce:
> >
> > * Start mspaint
> > * Create 200x200px white image
> > * Save as test.jpg
> > * Try this command: 'convert test.jpg test.bmp'
> > This fails for me, with a Windows-generated "convert.exe has stopped
> > working" dialog.
> >
> > Other ImageMagick commands fail also, such as mogrify, or using the
> > -resize command rather than format conversion.
>
> I can't reproduce the problem with Cygwin 1.7, neither on a 32 bit, nor
> on a 64 bit Server 2008.
Our reproduction doesn't generate a dialog, it just exits as I described
previously. Stupid question: You did actually check to see that the
output file was written and valid, right? Our test case is simpler:
convert logo: test.jpg
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