What does DK's import from card do?

[John Stumbles]

(Apologies if this is an RTFM/STFW question but I couldn't find the answer!)

With DigiKam installed on a Linux KDE system when I plug in a camera's
memory card KDE offers me options to open a file manager or import
pictures with DK. I've always imported pictures using my own script
(http://yaph.org.uk/photo/) which renames each image file, transposing
UPPER CASE to lower and prefixing the camera-generated filename with a
date-and-timestamp derived from the image creation time in
YYYYMMDD_hhmmss format and puts them in a directory with today's date
e.g.  ~/pix/2012/20120409. It also auto-rotates images according to
their exif orientation tag.

Can DK do anything like this? Especially naming the files in the format
I'm currently using: I would not want to try to rename my existing
collection of images to match a different scheme just to suit DK.
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[Anders Lund]

On Mandag den 9. april 2012 13:33:30 John Stumbles wrote:

> (Apologies if this is an RTFM/STFW question but I couldn't find the answer!)
>
> With DigiKam installed on a Linux KDE system when I plug in a camera's
> memory card KDE offers me options to open a file manager or import
> pictures with DK. I've always imported pictures using my own script
> (http://yaph.org.uk/photo/) which renames each image file, transposing
> UPPER CASE to lower and prefixing the camera-generated filename with a
> date-and-timestamp derived from the image creation time in
> YYYYMMDD_hhmmss format and puts them in a directory with today's date
> e.g.  ~/pix/2012/20120409. It also auto-rotates images according to
> their exif orientation tag.
>
> Can DK do anything like this? Especially naming the files in the format
> I'm currently using: I would not want to try to rename my existing
> collection of images to match a different scheme just to suit DK.

In the digikam import window, click the "settings" tab on the right to get a
lot of options for how to import. In the manual this is covered in the chapter
"Using a digital camera with digikam".

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[Peter Albrecht]

That seems to be quite identical to the steps I use DK
import for.

Picture "IMG_6917.JPG" from SD-Card becomes
"(2012-04-09)\EOS-img_6917.jpg" on HDD.

And the pictures are auto-rotated. The naming is very
powerful. As an example I use the template:

  [cam]{range:13,15}-[file]{lower}.[ext]{lower}

Just have a try. I can't think of anything bad, which might
happen from trying.

DigiKam tries to remember, which pictures it has imported.
So you can use "import all new pictures form SD card". But
this is currently not working very well at my setup.
Sometimes pictures are not marked as "already imported".
Didn't have the time to investigate further, sorry.

Peter

On 09.04.2012 14:33, John Stumbles wrote:

> (Apologies if this is an RTFM/STFW question but I couldn't
> find the answer!)
>
> With DigiKam installed on a Linux KDE system when I plug in
> a camera's memory card KDE offers me options to open a file
> manager or import pictures with DK. I've always imported
> pictures using my own script (http://yaph.org.uk/photo/)
> which renames each image file, transposing UPPER CASE to
> lower and prefixing the camera-generated filename with a
> date-and-timestamp derived from the image creation time in
> YYYYMMDD_hhmmss format and puts them in a directory with
> today's date e.g.  ~/pix/2012/20120409. It also auto-rotates
> images according to their exif orientation tag.
>
> Can DK do anything like this? Especially naming the files in
> the format I'm currently using: I would not want to try to
> rename my existing collection of images to match a different
> scheme just to suit DK.
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[Stuart T Rogers]

Someone else mentioned this and it reminded me that I have been having
this problem now for a while. Earlier releases used to do this very
well, I am now on 2.5 and it still will not remember what has already
been downloaded, I don't change file names so there really is no excuse
for this behaviour.

Is there anything I can do to try and help debug this?

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[Anders Stedtlund]

Hi,

I have vented this issue on the mailing list some time ago and I still
have the problem. Images imported via the autodetected camera are not
remembered from time to time. I have manually added a camera and with
this profile the imported images are remembered.

I have a Canon EOS50D.

/Anders

Den 9 april 2012 15:30 skrev Stuart T Rogers <[hidden email]>:

> Someone else mentioned this and it reminded me that I have been having this
> problem now for a while. Earlier releases used to do this very well, I am
> now on 2.5 and it still will not remember what has already been downloaded,
> I don't change file names so there really is no excuse for this behaviour.
>
> Is there anything I can do to try and help debug this?
>
> Stuart
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[Stuart T Rogers]

Thanks Anders, I usually select to download using the Linux device
notifier so perhaps that's the problem. Next time I'll manually select
the camera and see what happens.

I have checked the db and I can see all the photos in there under
downloads but have no idea how it decides whether what is shown in the
db is the photo on the camera. I can see how it might need to use the
camera as well as the file name since you could be handling more than
one camera with the same file names.

Stuart

On 09/04/12 15:17, Anders Stedtlund wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have vented this issue on the mailing list some time ago and I still
> have the problem. Images imported via the autodetected camera are not
> remembered from time to time. I have manually added a camera and with
> this profile the imported images are remembered.
>
> I have a Canon EOS50D.
>
> /Anders
>
> Den 9 april 2012 15:30 skrev Stuart T Rogers<[hidden email]>:
>> Someone else mentioned this and it reminded me that I have been having this
>> problem now for a while. Earlier releases used to do this very well, I am
>> now on 2.5 and it still will not remember what has already been downloaded,
>> I don't change file names so there really is no excuse for this behaviour.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to try and help debug this?
>>
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I noticed this first in digikam 1.6 in 2010 and have never been able
to use the feature since. It was actually the reason I joined the
list. :-) I thought I even filed a bug, but I can't find it now. It's
possible I gave up with the KDE bug tracking system.

I assumed it was partly because of my photo renaming, but now I wonder
if it is related to using the autodetected vs manually added camera.
I'll check tonight and see if I can confirm Anders' behavior.

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Stuart T Rogers
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Thanks Anders, I usually select to download using the Linux device notifier
> so perhaps that's the problem. Next time I'll manually select the camera and
> see what happens.
>
> I have checked the db and I can see all the photos in there under downloads
> but have no idea how it decides whether what is shown in the db is the photo
> on the camera. I can see how it might need to use the camera as well as the
> file name since you could be handling more than one camera with the same
> file names.
>
> Stuart
>
>
> On 09/04/12 15:17, Anders Stedtlund wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have vented this issue on the mailing list some time ago and I still
>> have the problem. Images imported via the autodetected camera are not
>> remembered from time to time. I have manually added a camera and with
>> this profile the imported images are remembered.
>>
>> I have a Canon EOS50D.
>>
>> /Anders
>>
>> Den 9 april 2012 15:30 skrev Stuart T Rogers<[hidden email]>:
>>>
>>> Someone else mentioned this and it reminded me that I have been having
>>> this
>>> problem now for a while. Earlier releases used to do this very well, I am
>>> now on 2.5 and it still will not remember what has already been
>>> downloaded,
>>> I don't change file names so there really is no excuse for this
>>> behaviour.
>>>
>>> Is there anything I can do to try and help debug this?
>>>
>>> Stuart
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[Jonas Norlander]

2012/4/9 Stuart T Rogers <[hidden email]>:
> Someone else mentioned this and it reminded me that I have been having this
> problem now for a while. Earlier releases used to do this very well, I am
> now on 2.5 and it still will not remember what has already been downloaded,
> I don't change file names so there really is no excuse for this behaviour.
>
> Is there anything I can do to try and help debug this?
>
> Stuart
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It happens for me to, downloading with card reader. I don't know when
it started but it used to work before.
DK 2.5.

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[tosca]

It works ... but not all the time. Renaming is not the problem, as I don't do it.
I usually select manually the pictures I want to import, in order to avoid further problems, and it is not too much a hassle as I usually import pictures every day.
it'll be an improvment when the issue is solved, though.

Marie-Noëlle

2012/4/9 Jonas Norlander <[hidden email]>

It happens for me to, downloading with card reader. I don't know when
it started but it used to work before.
DK 2.5.

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[tosca]

I'm not sure if it can do it exactly, as I don't rename when importing. But if it is not the case, you still have the possibility to use the batch tools to rename anytime after importing; there are many functions available to do that.

As for myself, I don't feel the need to rename the original pictures as Digikam has plenty of searching/filtering criteria to find what I'm looking for, whatever their name is, and wherever they are stored.

Marie-Noëlle

2012/4/9 John Stumbles <[hidden email]>

(Apologies if this is an RTFM/STFW question but I couldn't find the answer!)

With DigiKam installed on a Linux KDE system when I plug in a camera's memory card KDE offers me options to open a file manager or import pictures with DK. I've always imported pictures using my own script (http://yaph.org.uk/photo/) which renames each image file, transposing UPPER CASE to lower and prefixing the camera-generated filename with a date-and-timestamp derived from the image creation time in YYYYMMDD_hhmmss format and puts them in a directory with today's date e.g.  ~/pix/2012/20120409. It also auto-rotates images according to their exif orientation tag.

Can DK do anything like this? Especially naming the files in the format I'm currently using: I would not want to try to rename my existing collection of images to match a different scheme just to suit DK.
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[Gilles Caulier-4]

I suspect that only Gphoto2 camera based driver has this problem. USB mas Storage camera work fine. Can you confirm ?

To be sure about driver used in Camera interface, go To Device/Information help menu...

Note : I cannot reproduce this dysfunction on my computer

Gilles Caulier

Le 9 avril 2012 18:50, Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]> a écrit :

It works ... but not all the time. Renaming is not the problem, as I don't do it.
I usually select manually the pictures I want to import, in order to avoid further problems, and it is not too much a hassle as I usually import pictures every day.
it'll be an improvment when the issue is solved, though.

Marie-Noëlle

2012/4/9 Jonas Norlander <[hidden email]>

It happens for me to, downloading with card reader. I don't know when
it started but it used to work before.
DK 2.5.

/ Jonas

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[tosca]

I can see the following when trying to import from a CF card:

Le pilote Appareil photo monté est une interface simple à un appareil photo monté localement sur votre système.

Il n'utilise pas les pilotes libgphoto2.

Pour signaler tout problème concernant ce pilote, veuillez contacter l'équipe de digiKam à l'adresse :

http://www.digikam.org/?q=contact

And some pictures that are detected as "new" have already been imported.

Marie-Noëlle

2012/4/9 Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]>

I suspect that only Gphoto2 camera based driver has this problem. USB mas Storage camera work fine. Can you confirm ?

To be sure about driver used in Camera interface, go To Device/Information help menu...

Note : I cannot reproduce this dysfunction on my computer

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[Peter Albrecht]

I have two cameras EOS 500D and PowerShot A560. Both cameras
have their own dedicated sd card, which are mounted at
/media/EOS_DIGITAL/ and /media/CANON_DC/ respectively.

So I do import via USB card reader (USB mass storage) and do
encounter the import-sometimes-not-remembered bug.

Peter

On 09.04.2012 19:38, Gilles Caulier wrote:

> I suspect that only Gphoto2 camera based driver has this problem. USB mas
> Storage camera work fine. Can you confirm ?
>
> To be sure about driver used in Camera interface, go To Device/Information
> help menu...
>
> Note : I cannot reproduce this dysfunction on my computer
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le 9 avril 2012 18:50, Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]> a écrit
> :
>
>> It works ... but not all the time. Renaming is not the problem, as I don't
>> do it.
>> I usually select manually the pictures I want to import, in order to avoid
>> further problems, and it is not too much a hassle as I usually import
>> pictures every day.
>> it'll be an improvment when the issue is solved, though.
>>
>> Marie-Noëlle
>>
>>
>> 2012/4/9 Jonas Norlander <[hidden email]>
>>
>>> It happens for me to, downloading with card reader. I don't know when
>>> it started but it used to work before.
>>> DK 2.5.

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[John Stumbles]

On 09/04/12 14:00, Anders Lund wrote:

> In the digikam import window, click the "settings" tab on the right to get a
> lot of options for how to import. In the manual this is covered in the chapter
> "Using a digital camera with digikam".

OK I can see how to get this menu (it was a bit confusing because
there's a 'Settings' item on the menubar which is just the same as in
the main DigiKam window!) and I can specify a custom filename format (I
think [date:"yyyyMMdd_hhmmss"]_[file]{lower}.[ext]{lower} should do what
I want) but I can't find a way to specify my destination album: if I use
the [date:"yyyyMMdd"] format in my Date-based sub-album specification it
shows that it would come out as
    Ex: [26ate:"19681226"]
which is not what I want!

Am I missing something or is DigiKam unable to do custom formats in the
destination album specification?


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[Anders Lund]

Den 13-04-2012 12:57, John Stumbles skrev:

> On 09/04/12 14:00, Anders Lund wrote:
>
>> In the digikam import window, click the "settings" tab on the right
>> to get a
>> lot of options for how to import. In the manual this is covered in
>> the chapter
>> "Using a digital camera with digikam".
>
> OK I can see how to get this menu (it was a bit confusing because
> there's a 'Settings' item on the menubar which is just the same as in
> the main DigiKam window!) and I can specify a custom filename format
> (I think [date:"yyyyMMdd_hhmmss"]_[file]{lower}.[ext]{lower} should do
> what I want) but I can't find a way to specify my destination album:
> if I use the [date:"yyyyMMdd"] format in my Date-based sub-album
> specification it shows that it would come out as
>    Ex: [26ate:"19681226"]
> which is not what I want!
>
> Am I missing something or is DigiKam unable to do custom formats in
> the destination album specification?
>
>

There is an option to put images in pr date subalbums, afaik that is the
best offer at this point :)

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[John Stumbles]

On 13/04/12 11:57, John Stumbles wrote:

> OK I can see how to get this menu (it was a bit confusing because
> there's a 'Settings' item on the menubar which is just the same as in
> the main DigiKam window!) and I can specify a custom filename format (I
> think [date:"yyyyMMdd_hhmmss"]_[file]{lower}.[ext]{lower} should do what
> I want) but I can't find a way to specify my destination album: if I use
> the [date:"yyyyMMdd"] format in my Date-based sub-album specification it
> shows that it would come out as
> Ex: [26ate:"19681226"]
> which is not what I want!
>
> Am I missing something or is DigiKam unable to do custom formats in the
> destination album specification?

Sorry, forget that last bit: I found how to specify it e.g.
     ~/pix/yyyy/yyyyMMdd
(whose idea was it to have a *different* specification for this part?!)

But now that I've specified how I want DK to rename my image files, and
where to put them, if I click Download it opens up a dialogue asking
where to put the images! And the default is to put them in some
seemingly random place - certainly not what I specified for the album
location!

What am I missing? should I be somehow saving the settings I've just
customised before trying to download?


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[John Stumbles]

If I use the 'Settings' tool in the import window to specify the
destination album I want my pictures imported into in custom format
(e.g. ~/pix/yyyy/yyyyMMdd) when I click Download DK still opens up a
dialogue asking me where to put the images. I think if I've already
specified the destination album it shouldn't do this or, if it does, it
should default to the destination album I've specified in my custom
format (instead of the last album I was working with).

Is this a bug? Is it a known bug?

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