XnView Software

In 32bit version, BPGDEC.exe and dependencies are 64bit. Same with latest version of XnConvert.

captaincavern wrote:In 32bit version, BPGDEC.exe and dependencies are 64bit. Same with latest version of XnConvert.

Ouch, that is serious. I guess Pierre will provide a new 0.85 32bit very soon.

@Pierre: I'm not very familiar with "bitness". Is this a serious problem or not so serious? What are the consequences of the wrong bitness?

Normally 32-bit software can only interface with 32-bit software, and 64-bit software can only interface with 64-bit applications.

A common example is that 64-bit XnView software versions require 64-bit Ghostscript, and 32-bit versions require 32-bit Ghostscript, but as far as I know the same is true for plug-ins and other software in general, so that many file formats that require plug-ins are currently only supported in 32-bit XnView software, as 64-bit versions of the plug-in required are not available.

Another example was access to TWAIN scanning from XnView MP 64-bit, which wasn't available until recently as the 64-bit utilities the interface required weren't normally available: the solution was ultimately for Pierre to create special 'bridge' software so that the 32-bit versions could be used.

"Bitness" was a new term to me, although self-explanatory, but Googling it, it evidently does exist: bitness and has been used by Microsoft.

helmut wrote:@Pierre: I'm very not familiar with "bitness". Is this a serious problem or not so serious? What are the consequences of the wrong bitness?

If anything I've written is incorrect, please correct me...

The 0.85 software package was updated. It should be correct, now.

xnview wrote:The 0.85 software package was updated. It should be correct, now.

Good to read that this was fixed.

@cday: Thank you for your explanation on "bitness". This helps to understand things better.