SUMMARY digikam scans my entire collection every time I launch the program. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Go to Preferences -> Miscellaneous 2. Disable "Scan for new items at startup" 3. Close and re-open digikam OBSERVED RESULT Digikam scans my catalogue all over again (I have to wait several minutes) EXPECTED RESULT Digikam should start very fast SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I'm using an external USB drive with ~200GB of photos.
Not reproducible here, with my MacBook pro 2015 and last MacOS BigSur. I use digiKam 7.3.0 pre-release available here: https://files.kde.org/digikam/ When i active "Scan for New Item..." option from Setup/Misc, I can see the progress bar on the bottom right at startup, as expected. When option is disabled, the progress is not here. Can you check if in Setup/Collections the option "Monitor the Album..." is enabled or not. Here the option is turned off, as specified in the dialog for MacOS. GilleS Caulier
Created attachment 137639 [details] Scanning collection The window I see when I launch digikam.
In Preferences -> Collections the option "Monitor the Album... " is disabled. In the attachment you'll see the window I get when I launch digikam. (In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #1) > Can you check if in Setup/Collections the option "Monitor the Album..." is > enabled or not. Here the option is turned off, as specified in the dialog > for MacOS. > > GilleS Caulier
Ah it's different. This is the first run progress dialog. If it appear, sound like the scan is not completed for a technical reason, and at next start digiKam try again. Please, run digiKam in a Terminal following instructions here: https://www.digikam.org/contribute/ Gilles Caulier
Oh, you are right! I let it finish the job and now starts with no delay. I would make this procedure clearer for new users, perhaps indicating that it is a job necessary for the first scan of the catalog. It's just advice. Thank you for your support. (In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #4) > Ah it's different. This is the first run progress dialog. > > If it appear, sound like the scan is not completed for a technical reason, > and at next start digiKam try again. > > Please, run digiKam in a Terminal following instructions here: > > https://www.digikam.org/contribute/ > > Gilles Caulier
Git commit 821757ac25671ea2c71e8da2e0d7bae900e6bc38 by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 28/12/2021 at 11:47. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. Add note in progress dialog if previous scan of collections have not be fully completed FIXED-IN: 7.5.0 M +3 -1 core/libs/database/utils/scan/scancontroller.cpp https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/commit/821757ac25671ea2c71e8da2e0d7bae900e6bc38