Index: apps/recorder/bmp.c
===================================================================
--- apps/recorder/bmp.c	(revision 21072)
+++ apps/recorder/bmp.c	(working copy)
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@
     int read_width;
     int depth, numcolors, compression, totalsize;
     int ret;
+    bool return_size = format & FORMAT_RETURN_SIZE;

     unsigned char *bitmap = bm->data;
     struct uint8_rgb palette[256];
@@ -595,6 +596,9 @@
     else
         totalsize = BM_SIZE(bm->width,bm->height,format,remote);

+    if(return_size)
+        return totalsize;
+
     /* Check if this fits the buffer */
     if (totalsize > maxsize) {
         DEBUGF("read_bmp_fd: Bitmap too large for buffer: "
Index: firmware/export/lcd.h
===================================================================
--- firmware/export/lcd.h	(revision 21072)
+++ firmware/export/lcd.h	(working copy)
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@
 #define FORMAT_REMOTE      0x10000000
 #define FORMAT_RESIZE      0x08000000
 #define FORMAT_KEEP_ASPECT 0x04000000
+#define FORMAT_RETURN_SIZE 0x02000000

 #define TRANSPARENT_COLOR LCD_RGBPACK(255,0,255)
 #define REPLACEWITHFG_COLOR LCD_RGBPACK(0,255,255)