Index: trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileDefine.c
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--- trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileDefine.c	(revision 35561)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileDefine.c	(revision 36375)
@@ -103,7 +103,13 @@
 
     type = psMetadataLookupStr(&status, data, "FILE.TYPE");
+    if (!type) {
+        psError(PM_ERR_CONFIG, true, "FILE.TYPE is not defined for %s\n", name);
+        psFree(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     file->type = pmFPAfileTypeFromString(type);
     if (file->type == PM_FPA_FILE_NONE) {
-        psError(PM_ERR_CONFIG, true, "FILE.TYPE is not defined for %s\n", name);
+        psError(PM_ERR_CONFIG, true, "FILE.TYPE %s is not registered in pmFPAfile.c:pmFPAfileTypeFromString\n", type);
         psFree(file);
         return NULL;