Bug 511819

Summary:	3.46 -> 4.1.1 : no display thumbnail if all picture are only stored in database
Product:	[Applications] tellico	Reporter:	Sébastien Maza <sebastien.maza>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Robby Stephenson <robby>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.1.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Sébastien Maza 2025-11-08 12:30:29 UTC

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SUMMARY

After migrating from Tellico 3.4.6 to Tellico 4.1.1, when opening my old collection, no thumbnails are displayed for picture fields.
In this collection, all pictures are set to "Save link only".

If I edit just one entry and uncheck "Save link only", its thumbnail appears, and after saving and reopening the collection, all thumbnails become visible.

If I create a new collection, even with all images marked as "Save link only", thumbnails display correctly.

How can I make my old collection show the thumbnails without having to manually edit an entry?

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a collection in Tellico 3.4.6 with image fields set to “Save link only”.
2. Upgrade Tellico to version 4.1.1.
3. Open the old collection.
4. Observe that no thumbnails are displayed.
5. Edit one entry, uncheck “Save link only”, save the collection, and reopen it.

OBSERVED RESULT
Thumbnails are not displayed for any entry when opening the old collection.
After unchecking "Save link only" for a single entry and saving, all thumbnails reappear.

EXPECTED RESULT
Thumbnails for linked images should display automatically when opening collections created in older versions of Tellico, without requiring any manual modification.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: linux Mint LMDE 7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Thanks in advance, and thanks for your continued work on Tellico!

Comment 1 Sébastien Maza 2025-11-09 19:21:03 UTC

I just see that in terminal if I launch Tellica by command line :

~$ tellico 
[19:39:45] WARNING empty xslt file
[19:39:45] WARNING QWidget::repaint: Recursive repaint detected
[19:39:45] WARNING image not found: "file:///home/[path of first item picture].jpg"
[19:39:45] WARNING image not found: "file:///home/[path of second item picture].jpg"
...
...

But all paths are correct ... and if I edit just one entry and uncheck "Save link only", its thumbnail appears, and after saving and reopening the collection, all thumbnails become visible.

And terminal display only
~$ tellico 
[20:07:10] WARNING empty xslt file
[20:07:11] WARNING writing "gif" as PNG
[20:07:12] WARNING writing "gif" as PNG
[20:07:12] WARNING writing "gif" as PNG

Comment 2 Robby Stephenson 2025-11-09 20:09:29 UTC

This was fixed in 4.1.2. Can you use a newer version than 4.1.1?

Comment 3 Robby Stephenson 2025-11-09 20:10:17 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 503645 ***

Comment 4 Sébastien Maza 2025-11-09 20:14:18 UTC

thank for your answer
I just tested it with Tellico 4.1.4. flatpak.

And no thumbnails display  If I edit just one entry and uncheck "Save link only", its thumbnail appears, and after saving and reopening the collection, all thumbnails become visible.

Only the modified item is display.
The result is, for my case, worse than with 4.1.1. :/