Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-28 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Rob Z. Smith [08-28-14 04:31]: > I see no problem either, although I do it differently. > > I just copy the files from my SD card reader to wherever I want them and > then import that folder into dt. I don't trust dt, or RPD, or any other > photo utility except the o/s to do the actual copy of

Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-28 Thread Rob Z. Smith
-Jones [mailto:david...@gmail.com] Sent: 27 August 2014 17:29 To: darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media I am not really sure what others see as a problem. I am importing directly (USB) from the camera and simply specify in the Preferences/Sess

Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-27 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I am not really sure what others see as a problem. I am importing directly (USB) from the camera and simply specify in the Preferences/Session Options where I want the images to be placed on my hd and how they should be numbered. It simply works! It also works if I import from the SD card with a

Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-27 Thread jeremy rosen
We used to do it that way but it turns out very hard to do reliably, and we don't like it when DT destroy our user's images... At this point we recommand using external tools to import images and then use DT to import/process them in particular, rapid photo downloader (http://www.damonlynch.net/r

Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-27 Thread Markus Jung
Am 27.08.2014 um 15:57 schrieb Tony Arnold: > Thanks. This is fine for folders on the local hard disk but not so good > for removable media. I'd like to see DT treat removable media the same > as a camera and, maybe optionally, copy the files to a local folder. Is > there somewhere I can post this

Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-27 Thread Tony Arnold
Robert, On 27/08/14 14:48, Robert William Hutton wrote: > On 21/08/14 18:04, Tony Arnold wrote: >> Is there a way to get DT to copy the images like it does when importing >> from a camera? I couldn't see anything obvious. Or do I have to copy the >> files locally and then import to DT? > > AFAIK

Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-27 Thread Robert William Hutton
On 21/08/14 18:04, Tony Arnold wrote: > Is there a way to get DT to copy the images like it does when importing > from a camera? I couldn't see anything obvious. Or do I have to copy the > files locally and then import to DT? AFAIK you have to copy them manually. http://www.darktable.org/usermanu

Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-22 Thread Carlo Tariciotti
Hi, when I import images from CF card I use "import from camera" and it works very well. Regards, Carlo 2014-08-21 19:04 GMT+02:00 Tony Arnold : > I recently tried to import some images from a compact flash card. > Darktable seems to just add the images to its database with a reference > to the

Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-21 Thread Ralf Ullrich
Hi Tony, almost same here. I imported from an cf-card and later had references to /media/username/device, but dt stored this entry in library.db in addition to the real reference on hard disk. I later deletet the entries via sqlite3 manually, but still an odd behaviour. Cheers, Ralf Am 21.08.

[Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-21 Thread Tony Arnold
I recently tried to import some images from a compact flash card. Darktable seems to just add the images to its database with a reference to the folder on which the removable device is mounted. This means the images are not available if the removable media is not available. Is there a way to get D