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<p>I have searched the documentation, FAQs and the last few months
of the Digikam-users archives to find the answer but I couldn't,
hence this thread.</p>
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<p>I am trying to import pictures from a PC folder (all pictures in
the one temp folder - this is a copy of my DCIM folder from my
phone) into my Digikam collection/album which is stored in another
PC folder with year/month/date subfolder structure. I only have
one album.<br>
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<p>The problem is that I have to browse to my temp folder
***every*** time I import "add images". I am sure that some time
ago in the browse window I had 2 pre-selected folders in the left
hand side. Now I only have one. I think it might have been a
"camera folder" but disappeared when I deleted my camera folders
(which are PC folders and not real cameras). I would like to add
my temp folder to the list of pre-defined folders so that I don't
have to browse into a fairly nested folder structure.<br>
</p>
I had this problem in 7.9.0 and I am still having the same problem
in the latest 8.0.0 pre-release.
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<p>My intended workflow is</p>
<ol>
<li>Connect phone to PC</li>
<li>Copy all new pictures to temporary PC folder</li>
<li>Using Windows File Explorer I look at the pictures in the temp
folder and delete pictures that I don't like</li>
<li>Import the temp folder pictures into my Digikam album using
"Import-->Add Images..."<br>
</li>
<li>Delete files from phone that are not in Digikam</li>
</ol>
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<p>Under Settings->Devices I tried to "Add..." my temp folder by
filling in the "Camera Title" and "Camera Mount Path" to the temp
folder. I have setting "Camera Port Type" to nothing selected and
also with USB selected. At the "Devices" tab I now have my 2
"camera" settings with titles, model=<blank>,port=usb: on
one and blank on the other, path=<temp folder> on both. I
cannot resize the columns and the path field only shows the first
50 characters or so and ends in "..." so I can't confirm the full
path. At the "Devices" tab if I select one of my "temp folder
camera" entries and select "Edit..." I do not get my original
fields to edit, but instead the fields are all blank. Not sure if
that is another bug </p>
Under Settings-->Configure digiKam...-->Camera-->Behaviour
I have ticked "Use a default target album to download from camera"
and selected the root album (which has year folders underneath).<br>
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<p>I tried Import-->Cameras-->select either one of my "camera
temp folder" entries but both show "Failed to connect to the
camera. Please make sure it is connected properly and turned on"
with a "Retry" button.<br>
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<p>I finally got things working by Import-->Add
Images...-->browse to the temp folder in the popup "Select
Folder to Parse - digiKam"-->select a few files from different
dates-->Download-->Download Selected. However, I always have
to browse to the temp folder. I can't seem to get it to remember
this folder as a favourite on the left hand side.<br>
</p>
<p>For reference, in the "Add Images" window clicking
Device->Information shows the following...</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"Mounted Camera" driver for USB/IEEE1394 mass storage cameras
and Flash disk card readers.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Title:
"Images found in C:/Users/<snipped-for-privacy>/Copied
from cameras and phones for Digikam/Mobile Phone"</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Model:
"directory browse"</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Port:
"Fixed"</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Path:
"C:/Users/<snipped-for-privacy>/Copied from cameras and
phones for Digikam/Mobile Phone"</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">UUID:
"52962483"</p>
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margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Thumbnails:
"yes"</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Capture
image: "no"</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Delete
items: "yes"</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Upload
items: "yes"</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Create
directories: "yes"</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Delete
directories: "yes"</p>
</blockquote>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">The
Settings tab on the right hand side says...</p>
<blockquote>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">File
Renaming Options</p>
<blockquote>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Camera
filenames</p>
</blockquote>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Auto-creation
of Albums</p>
<blockquote>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Date-based
sub-albums</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Date
format: Custom</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">yyyy/yyyy-MM-dd</p>
</blockquote>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><everything
else blank><br>
</p>
</blockquote>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">When I
select "Download Selected" my selected pictures are copied into my
album with year/year-month-day folders and are imported correctly.<br>
</p>
<blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">I hope I have described
everything that might have an influence on this issue.</p>
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<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Thanks for reading and any
help</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Darren<br>
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