Bug 449559 - Initial setup import
Summary: Initial setup import
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Setup-FirstRun (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 7.6.0
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2022-02-03 14:13 UTC by rondhatch
Modified: 2022-02-03 17:38 UTC (History)
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Version Fixed In: 7.6.0
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Description rondhatch 2022-02-03 14:13:56 UTC 
SUMMARY
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Initial setup for importing photos (about 3,000) copied directory folders and some subfolders but did not load about the last half of the photos.  Trying to re-import from individual folders results in an error message about not being able to import from the same path


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2022-02-03 17:32:28 UTC 
This error message is intentional and based on bug reports we have received. It makes no sense to import images from the collection path . digiKam will scan all the images in your collection, it will take some time on first launch, you will see the progress in the status bar.

Maik
Comment 2 Maik Qualmann 2022-02-03 17:38:55 UTC 
Another explanation. digiKam does not copy images into the database, only selected metadata. Your images stay in the path where they are. If you wanted to import images from the collection path , it would overwrite the same images again. Until all the images in your collection are scanned on first launch, they will not appear in digiKam.

Maik