Version: 1.4.0 (using KDE 4.5.1) OS: Linux My photo library contains over 100,000 photos spread through over 1000 directories. I frequently edit images in a different package while digikam is open, and before I can use the new images in digikam, I must either wait for digikam to recognize the updated version, or I must scan for new images or update the thumbnails (depending on what I just did). Performing either of these operations on my entire collection takes forever. It would be really great if there were options for these two tools to operate on just the current folder, which is generally all I really need to have done. This would dramatically improve the time required to manage my photos! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Scan a large collection for new images, or rebuild thumbnails. Actual Results: Go out to eat. When I return, the operation is done. Expected Results: Stand up and stretch. When I sit down, the operation is done.
Please, try with last 1.7.0 release... Gilles Caulier
Is this feature known to be added to the 1.7.0 release, or are you merely curious? Ubuntu 10.10 ships with 1.4.0 by default. I'd rather not deviate from the default packages unless I know it'll fix my problem?
Actually, no. I've stumbled just on that same problem today with the 2.0 branch. Would be great to have this feature and shouldn't be that hard to implement. I'll check when I get home.
To rebuild thumbs from current album, just press F5... no ? Gilles Caulier
F5 does a "refresh" (whatever that is), but it neither scans for new images nor rebuilds thumbnails.
SVN commit 1215067 by mklapetek: Initial support for rebuilding thumbnails only in current album CCBUG:262720 M +14 -1 digikam/digikamapp.cpp M +1 -0 digikam/digikamapp.h M +2 -0 digikam/digikamapp_p.h M +2 -1 digikam/digikamui.rc M +31 -1 utilities/batch/batchthumbsgenerator.cpp M +1 -0 utilities/batch/batchthumbsgenerator.h WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1215067
SVN commit 1215117 by mklapetek: Add a context-menu entry to album folders sidebar for rebuilding images in selected album FEATURE:262720 M +11 -1 albumselectiontreeview.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1215117
Martin, Can this feature can be backported to trunk easily, or do you prefer to let's it in GoSC 2010 branch for the moment ? Gilles Caulier
I believe it could be backported, these aren't big changes and these parts should be mostly the same as the trunk. I'll try to apply the patch and commit to trunk if there will be no problems.
Can similar per-album functionality be added to the "scan for new images" operation? I actually need that worse than the "rebuild thumbnails" operation, although both will come in handy.
Probably, but I find it quite useless - scan for new images is done on every digiKam start and it should also dynamically detect new images and add them to your collections. If this does not work, please file a separate bug report. I'm closing this wish now as the rebuild thumbs feature has been implemented.
So you're suggesting that I close and restart digikam every time I use some other application to add an image to an album? Dynamic detection happens only every so often, and I sometimes have waited many minutes for it to detect a new image before giving up and rescanning my entire collection. This feature has been re-requested in bug 263463.
No. digiKam use KDirWatch API from KDELibs. If something changes, digiKam database will be triggered and changes must be registered in metadata. Gilles Caulier
Obi, This file still valid using digiKam 2.x serie ? Gilles Caulier
*** Bug 263463 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Git commit ff3578174a8bbcb0121d56cd2eccaca29ed0a8f2 by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 07/08/2014 at 12:08. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. Remove dupplicate action to Rebuild thumbs. Refresh current album action now rebuild thumbs and scan for new items in current album. FIXED-IN: 4.3.0 M +12 -2 digikam/album/albumselectiontreeview.cpp M +1 -23 digikam/main/digikamapp.cpp M +1 -2 digikam/main/digikamapp.h M +0 -2 digikam/main/digikamapp_p.h M +2 -3 digikam/main/digikamui.rc M +23 -7 digikam/views/digikamview.cpp M +10 -7 digikam/views/digikamview.h M +4 -3 utilities/maintenance/newitemsfinder.cpp M +6 -5 utilities/maintenance/newitemsfinder.h http://commits.kde.org/digikam/ff3578174a8bbcb0121d56cd2eccaca29ed0a8f2