Bug 236394 - import from camera using cable is slow and previously imported video files are not flagged
Summary: import from camera using cable is slow and previously imported video files ar...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Import-Gphoto2 (show other bugs)
Version: 1.4.0
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2010-05-05 06:21 UTC by David Shepherd
Modified: 2017-08-16 06:11 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 2.1.0
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Description David Shepherd 2010-05-05 06:21:53 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.4.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

I have a Canon Ixus 80IS and am using Ubuntu 10.04 (although I had this same problem with 9.04).

Importing images and video files from the SD card using my computer's card reader works perfectly. It's fast and it flags any files I have previously imported with a tick. (I generally don't delete the files from my camera until the card is full and it's all backed up).

BUT trying to import images and videos using the USB cable is extremely slow. It spends a lot of time generating thumbnails for the video files. It also doesn't flag the video files (.avi) that I have previously imported (although I do get a prompt later on to overwrite/skip/rename video files IF I am importing them into the same directory I did last time, if I am importing into a different directory then I'll end up with multiple copies of the same video). It does flag the previously imported images.

It's not a serious issue as I can use the card reader, but I'd prefer to use the cable. I've heard of people who have come into problems with the card reader inside the camera after lots of use swapping cards...
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2010-05-06 09:23:45 UTC
Canon camera use gphoto2 driver. Which digiKam and libgphoto version you use. Go to Help/Component info for details.

Can you reproduce the problem to use a CF card reader ?

Gilles Caulier
Comment 2 David Shepherd 2010-05-10 13:25:26 UTC
ok mate

Using KDE Development Platform 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2)

digiKam version 1.2.0
Exiv2 can write to Jp2: Yes
Exiv2 can write to Jpeg: Yes
Exiv2 can write to Pgf: No
Exiv2 can write to Png: Yes
Exiv2 can write to Tiff: Yes
Exiv2 supports XMP metadata: Yes
LibCImg: 130
LibExiv2: 0.19
LibJPEG: 62
LibJasper: 1.900.1
LibKDE: 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2)
LibKExiv2: 1.0.0
LibKdcraw: 1.0.0
LibLCMS: 118
LibPGF: 6.09.44
LibPNG: 1.2.42
LibQt: 4.6.2
LibRaw: 0.8.5
LibTIFF: LIBTIFF, Version 3.9.2 Copyright (c) 1988-1996 Sam Leffler Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Marble widget: 0.9.2
Parallelized demosaicing: Yes
LibGphoto2: 2.4.8
LibKipi: 1.0.0


i don't have a CF card or CF card reader sorry!
Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2011-08-04 15:02:18 UTC
-> previously imported video files are not flagged : fixed in 2.1.0.
-> import from camera using cable is slow => fixed in 2.1.0. See:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261871 

and 

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243760

For details.

Can you test with current implementation from git master ?

Thanks in advance

Gilles Caulier
Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2011-08-09 09:23:44 UTC
For me this file is fixed now (future digiKam 2.1.0). Please re-open if necessary...

Gilles Caulier
Comment 5 David Shepherd 2011-08-11 10:47:41 UTC
nice work Giles.

sorry i just can't get that latest version installed... trying to follow the instructions here
http://www.digikam.org/drupal/download?q=download/GIT
but get libkexiv2 error and an opencv error etc. PITA.

i'll trust you've fixed the problem ;)
Comment 6 caulier.gilles 2011-08-12 09:56:32 UTC
*** Bug 249483 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***