topic Alfresco 3.4 and ImageMagick 6.6.7 (on Windows) - SOLUTION in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-4-and-imagemagick-6-6-7-on-windows-solution/m-p/277221#M230351 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><STRONG>Problem:</STRONG><BR /><SPAN>After upgrading from ImageMagick 6.3.6 (the version bundled with Alf 3.4c) to 6.6.7 all ImageMagick operations fail with "Magick: no decode delegate for this image format" message</SPAN><BR /><BR /><STRONG>Initial env:</STRONG><BR /><SPAN>Out of the box Alfresco 3.4c install on Windows XP - all works fine, image conversions (jpeg to gif thumbnail and jpeg to jpeg resize) execute correctly</SPAN><BR /><BR /><STRONG>Changes:</STRONG><BR /><SPAN> a) Install ImageMagick 6.6.7-1-Q16</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> b) rename convert.exe to imconvert.exe</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> c) change "img.root=c:/ImageMagick-6.6.7-Q16" and "img.exe =${img.root}/imconvert" in alfresco-global.properties</SPAN><BR /><BR /><STRONG>Analysis:</STRONG><BR /><SPAN>The code within Alfresco that executes imconvert can be reduced to</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />package com.easypress.alfresco.repo.content.transform.magick;<BR /><BR />import java.io.File;<BR />import java.io.IOException;<BR />import java.nio.charset.Charset;<BR /><BR />import org.alfresco.util.exec.RuntimeExec.InputStreamReaderThread;<BR /><BR />public class ImageMagickContentTransformerWorkerTest {<BR />&nbsp; private static final String IMG_ROOT = "c:/ImageMagick-6.6.7-Q16";<BR />&nbsp; private static final String IMG_DYN&nbsp; = IMG_ROOT;<BR />&nbsp; private static final String IMG_EXE&nbsp; = IMG_ROOT + "/imconvert";<BR />&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp; public static void main(String[] args) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String[] commandToExecute = new String[] {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IMG_EXE, <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "c:/temp/ImageMagickContentTransformerWorker_source_test.jpg[0]", <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "-thumbnail", <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "50%", <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "c:/temp/ImageMagickContentTransformerWorker_output_test.jpg"};<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String[] processProperties = new String[] {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "MAGICK_HOME=" + IMG_ROOT, <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=" + IMG_DYN, <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=" + IMG_DYN};<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; File processDirectory = null;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // Any ONE of these will solve the problem<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // String[] processProperties = null;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // String[] processProperties = new String[] { "PATH=" + IMG_ROOT};<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // File processDirectory = new File(IMG_ROOT);<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; try {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commandToExecute, processProperties, processDirectory);<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; InputStreamReaderThread stdOutGobbler = new InputStreamReaderThread(process.getInputStream(), Charset.defaultCharset());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; InputStreamReaderThread stdErrGobbler = new InputStreamReaderThread(process.getErrorStream(), Charset.defaultCharset());<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; stdOutGobbler.start();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; stdErrGobbler.start();<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; try {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; process.waitFor();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; } catch (InterruptedException e) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; stdErrGobbler.addToBuffer(e.toString());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; stdOutGobbler.waitForCompletion();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; stdErrGobbler.waitForCompletion();<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("out: " + stdOutGobbler.getBuffer());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("err: " + stdErrGobbler.getBuffer());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; } catch (IOException e) {}<BR />&nbsp; }<BR />}<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>and as this can be executed outside of the Alfresco environment and produce exactly the same result the fundamental problem is how Alfresco is setting up the Runtime.exec() method.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The problem is that, for Windows, Alfresco is incompletely replacing the process environment.&nbsp; While ImageMagick may use the MAGICK_HOME property to </SPAN><EM>locate</EM><SPAN> decoders, it uses the standard Windows process to </SPAN><EM>load</EM><SPAN> decoders and that requires the associated .dll to be either on the path or in the current directory.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><STRONG>Solution:</STRONG><BR /><SPAN>As given in the code above, there are three possible solutions</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> a) specify the process directory to be ${img.root} (via the processDirectory property to the RuntimeExec bean)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> b) add PATH=${img.root} to the process properties (via the processProperties property map of the RuntimeExec bean)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> c) remove the specified process properties and let the process inherit the environment settings (this will only work if ImageMagick has been installed and added to the PATH env)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>See </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Subsystems" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Subsystems</A><SPAN> for how to over-ride subsystem configuration</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps someone!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:18:08 GMT easypress 2011-03-25T11:18:08Z Alfresco 3.4 and ImageMagick 6.6.7 (on Windows) - SOLUTION https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-4-and-imagemagick-6-6-7-on-windows-solution/m-p/277221#M230351 Problem:After upgrading from ImageMagick 6.3.6 (the version bundled with Alf 3.4c) to 6.6.7 all ImageMagick operations fail with "Magick: no decode delegate for this image format" messageInitial env<IMG id="smileysurprised" class="emoticon emoticon-smileysurprised" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-surprised.png" alt="Smiley Surprised" title="Smiley Surprised" />ut of the box Alfresco 3.4c install on Windows XP - all works fine, image conversions (jpeg to gif t Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:18:08 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-4-and-imagemagick-6-6-7-on-windows-solution/m-p/277221#M230351 easypress 2011-03-25T11:18:08Z Re: Alfresco 3.4 and ImageMagick 6.6.7 (on Windows) - SOLUTION https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-4-and-imagemagick-6-6-7-on-windows-solution/m-p/277222#M230352 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thank you ! <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The processProperties for Runtime.getRuntime().exec(…) is needed also under Linux.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:37:26 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-4-and-imagemagick-6-6-7-on-windows-solution/m-p/277222#M230352 dranakan 2011-04-04T11:37:26Z Re: Alfresco 3.4 and ImageMagick 6.6.7 (on Windows) - SOLUTION https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-4-and-imagemagick-6-6-7-on-windows-solution/m-p/277223#M230353 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have solved this problem by installing ImageMagick version with static libraries.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:34:40 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-4-and-imagemagick-6-6-7-on-windows-solution/m-p/277223#M230353 alekseiv 2011-07-13T08:34:40Z Re: Alfresco 3.4 and ImageMagick 6.6.7 (on Windows) - SOLUTION https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-4-and-imagemagick-6-6-7-on-windows-solution/m-p/277224#M230354 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">I have solved this problem by installing ImageMagick version with static libraries.</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>Indeed, this fixed my problem too!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>1. Install the ImageMagick with "static libraries" anywhere on your system.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>2. Try to run ImageMagick directly from command line, e.g.:</SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>convert C:\temp\test.jpg -resize 120 C:\temp\test_b.jpg<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>3. specify the path + exe to your ImageMagick-installation in alfresco-global.properties</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>img.root=&lt;YourImageMagickInstallationDirectory&gt;<BR />img.exe=${img.root}/convert<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>and restart Alfresco.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:20:23 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-4-and-imagemagick-6-6-7-on-windows-solution/m-p/277224#M230354 bmeyns 2012-01-09T15:20:23Z