OCRAD Problem: "tifftopnm: don't know how to handle PHOTOMETRIC_YCBCR"

[rusivi2]

Binary package hint: ocrad

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

2) apt-cache policy ocrad
ocrad:
  Installed: 0.17-4
  Candidate: 0.17-4
  Version table:
 *** 0.17-4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt-cache policy hplip-gui
hplip-gui:
  Installed: 3.9.8-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.9.8-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.9.8-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt-cache policy xsane
xsane:
  Installed: 0.996-2ubuntu1.1
  Candidate: 0.996-2ubuntu1.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.996-2ubuntu1.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.996-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

apt-cache policy hplip
hplip:
  Installed: 3.9.8-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.9.8-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.9.8-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What I expected to happen was the .tiff file I scanned via a HP 5610v All-In-One Printer/Scanner using the xsane GUI, became text searchable.

4) Instead, when I entered the desired command as per the GNU Ocrad website:

http://www.gnu.org/software/ocrad/manual/ocrad_manual.html#Image-Format-Conversion

I got the following:

tifftopnm test-0002.tiff | ocrad
tifftopnm: don't know how to handle PHOTOMETRIC_YCBCR
ocrad: end-of-file reading pnm file.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 29 21:22:22 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: ocrad 0.17-4
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: ocrad
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686

[rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount)]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Antonio Diaz Diaz <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: Problem: "tifftopnm: don't know how to handle PHOTOMETRIC_YCBCR"
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: r v <email address hidden>

This is not a bug in ocrad. The problem is your tiff image includes a feature not supported by your "tifftopnm" program, which belongs to the "netpbm" package (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+package/netpbm).

Regards,
Antonio.

[rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount)]

I am not technically equipped to troubleshoot this bug, and from upstream's E-Mail response, it is more a user unfamiliarity with esoteric dependencies, not a bug. Seems more of a "wishlist" to further streamline ocrad for commonly desired functionality and ease of use.

[rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount)]

This bug is a unfamiliarity with how to use OCRAD. No documentation exists through a search via www.ubuntu.com Hence, this is more a request to boil down the OCRAD manual ( http://www.gnu.org/software/ocrad/manual/ocrad_manual.html ) into something more streamlined and easy to understand and use. Can we please have some official Ubuntu documentation and examples?

[rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount)]

This is still an outstanding issue, that was frankly, never addressed in a satisfactory way and I felt compelled to see it dealt with.

[rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount)]

This is a wishlist at worst and should be marked as such.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Lenin (gagarin)]

@rusivi2: is this still an issue?