Error in reading bmp image file

I am using matlab 2012a in ubuntu. I want to read a bmp image file but I am getting following error:

Error using readbmpdata (line 48) Bitfield compression not supported

Error in readbmp (line 18) X = readbmpdata(info);

Error in imread (line 435) [X, map] = feval(fmt_s.read, filename, extraArgs{:});

Error in img3 (line 7) J1 = imread('/home/shivam/Downloads/img.bmp', 'bmp');

How can I correct it?

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Use another program to convert it to a supported file, like PNG or BMP without that unrecognized conversion method.