> How are you importing the photos? Drag-and-drop or with File -> Import From > Folder?
I'm importing with File -> Import From Folder and I'm choosing Copy Photos. - Grant > It looks to me that you're attempting to import the same file (not a > duplicate, but the same file) a second time. In other words, the file you're > attempting to import is already in the library. -- Jim > > locate only finds the file in my target folder, not in my destination > folder: # updatedb && locate IMG_20130303_144420 > /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg # But it refuses to import the > file with the log message indicating it has already been imported. Could > shotwell have renamed the file when it was copied to the destination folder? > I'm on 0.14.1. - Grant > > There's many reasons. At the end of an import, Shotwell should give you a > list explaining why photos were not imported. In Shotwell 0.14, it will > offer to save a text file giving a full report. The most likely cases are > that the photos were byte-for-byte duplicates of other photos (Shotwell > won't import duplicates), that they are not photo files (corrupted or named > incorrectly), or that Shotwell doesn't support their data format (GIF is the > most prominent for example). -- Jim Hi Jim, I import and copy my photos from > /home/grant/photodump/ to /home/grant/Pictures/. I have: # updatedb && > locate IMG_20130303_144420 /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg # > "Shotwell Import Log.txt" says: > /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg duplicates existing media item > /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg Can you help me reconcile > this? - Grant I imported/copied a large number of photos into shotwell from > a folder and I was about to delete the folder but I noticed at least several > photos that did not import or copy. Why would some photos import and not > others? - Grant _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
