xvminitoppm

Convert an XV thumbnail image file to PPM

$ xvminitoppm [path/to/input_file] > [path/to/output_file.ppm]

xvminitoppm [-verbose] [xvmini_file]

-verbose
    Causes xvminitoppm to print a line of text about the conversion process to standard error (stderr).

xvminitoppm reads an XV 'mini-thumbnail' file as input and produces a PPM (Portable Pixmap) file as output.

These mini-thumbnail files are typically found in the .xvpics directory and contain a 72x54 true-color (24-bit) image. Consequently, the output generated by xvminitoppm is always a PPM file with these exact dimensions (72x54 pixels).

This program is an integral part of the Netpbm project, a comprehensive toolkit designed for various graphic file format conversions and manipulations.

The output PPM file always has fixed dimensions of 72x54 pixels, regardless of the original image's aspect ratio or potential embedded information beyond the standard mini-thumbnail size. This command specifically processes XV 'mini-thumbnail' files, which is a very particular and outdated image format.

The specific XV 'mini-thumbnail' files that xvminitoppm is designed to process are commonly located within the .xvpics directory.

xvminitoppm was introduced as a new command in Netpbm 10.37 in October 2006. It superseded xvpictoppm, which handled the larger 120x90 thumbnails present in XV up through version 3.10. The 72x54 mini-thumbnails that xvminitoppm is designed to convert were specifically introduced with XV version 3.10.

xvpictoppm(1), ppm(5), netpbm(1)

This program was contributed to the Netpbm project by Bryan Henderson.