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Laptop went belly up taking the Konica Minolta Dimage A1 Viewer with it. Can't find original software and Konica Minolta Photography is no more. :eek:

Any suggestions as to software to run on Windows XP that will read KM Dimage A1 MRW (RAW) files?

Any recommended software will need to be as simple as possible.:mrgreen:

Trevor:confused:

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For (MRW from a DiMAGE A1) and the MOV-playback thread started by : practical, survivable options for Windows XP are listed below — from the simplest viewer to higher-quality raw conversion and a fix for the camera MOV clips.

  • Quick/simple viewer: IrfanView + the CamRAW plugin lets MRW files be opened on Windows with minimal fuss (install the 32-bit IrfanView and then the plugin pack). (See IrfanView PlugIns: https://www.irfanview.info/plugins.htm.)

  • Full-control/raw‑development: dcraw-based tools produce the best archival/processing results. UFRaw provides a GUI (and GIMP plug-in) around dcraw; RawTherapee/libraw-based apps are alternatives for more modern GUIs. Use dcraw to convert MRW to a 16‑bit TIFF for editing so no sensor data is lost. (UFRaw guide: https://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Guide.html. dcraw options documented: https://dechifro.org/dcraw/dcraw.1.html.)

    Example (command-line conversion to a 16‑bit TIFF):

    dcraw -T -6 -w file.mrw

    (-T writes TIFF, -6 requests 16‑bit output, -w uses camera white balance; see dcraw docs.)

  • Adobe route (if Photoshop/Camera Raw is available): Camera Raw historically lists DiMAGE A1 among supported models, so Camera Raw is another route to open/process MRW inside Photoshop. (Adobe Camera Raw supported cameras: .)

  • The MOV clips mentioned by : VLC will often play older QuickTime-format MOVs when Windows Media Player will not. For importing into Windows apps, remux or transcode with ffmpeg. Remux (lossless, fast) when codecs are already compatible:

    ffmpeg -i input.mov -c copy output.mp4

    If the editor needs a different container/codec, transcode — e.g. MJPEG video + PCM audio in an AVI is broadly compatible with legacy editors:

    ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v mjpeg -qscale:v 3 -c:a pcm_s16le output.avi

    (FFmpeg documentation and examples: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html. VLC info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player.)

Notes and cautions: prefer 32‑bit installers on XP, keep original MRW/MOV files untouched (work on copies), and test one file before batch processing. QuickTime for Windows is legacy and can cause audio oddities; using VLC/ffmpeg avoids reliance on obsolete QuickTime components.

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Laptop went belly up taking the Konica Minolta Dimage A1 Viewer with it. Can't find original software and Konica Minolta Photography is no more. :eek:

Any suggestions as to software to run on Windows XP that will read KM Dimage A1 MRW (RAW) files?

Any recommended software will need to be as simple as possible.:mrgreen:

Trevor:confused:

I may be able to help you with the Konica Minolta Dimage A1 Viewer software.

My problem has been trying to view the small movie clips with the .mov extension that the Minolta A1 created.

I have the latest version of Windows Media Player but 'windows can't open this file' etc ..... I've done a lot of searching and experimenting with various media convertors, had some luck, but the best result was a system that split the file into an .avi file (with no sound) and a new .mov file (with only sound).

I don't want to use the Quicktime viewer which does apparently read these clips..... and would like to incorporate the .mov clips into other Windows movie apps e.g. Windows Photo Story. The Quicktime viewer also produced some spectacular sound distortions so not a lot of use.

Any ideas here ?

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