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<p>I had some travelling to do and was only able to try just now.</p>
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<p>Yes, the ExifTool error still appears after restart DK:<br>
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<p><img src="cid:part1.RpELL0Gh.HvkRairJ@gmail.com" alt=""></p>
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<p>This is how it looks in Settings:</p>
<p><img src="cid:part2.ZxKhOsbO.rBSs7Vcs@gmail.com" alt=""></p>
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<p>In addition, when I start DK now, it no longer able to actually
open any images. When I look at an album in thumbnail view and
doubleclick an image, I see this message: <img
src="cid:part3.VjsdBxKz.X0FE8jxr@gmail.com" alt=""></p>
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<p>Strangely, DK also does not seem to look for new items at start
up like it used to. So the albums tree view is outdated compared
to the actual folders present.</p>
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<p>How to proceed?</p>
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<p>BR</p>
<p>Thomas<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/06/2024 07.54, Maik Qualmann
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Ok, the last screenshot looks good. If you now restart digiKam, does the
ExifTool error message still appear? If so, create a debug log from a terminal
as described here for macOS:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.digikam.org/contribute/">https://www.digikam.org/contribute/</a>
Maik
Am Mittwoch, 26. Juni 2024, 23:13:56 MESZ schrieben Sie:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Ah. I see.
This has:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 22B Mar 19 07:09 Image-ExifTool ->
./Image-ExifTool-12.70
drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 512B Mar 19 07:09 Image-ExifTool-12.70
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25B Mar 19 07:09 exiftool ->
./Image-ExifTool/exiftool
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 338K Mar 14 15:28 ffmpeg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 67K Mar 14 15:28 kbuildsycoca5
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 114K Mar 14 15:28 solid-hardware5
So why does DK not detect it?
Settings look like this:
On 26/06/2024 19.14, Maik Qualmann wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I made a mistake with the path, it should be "/Applications/digiKam.org/
digikam.app/Contents/bin".
Maik
Am Mittwoch, 26. Juni 2024, 22:07:39 MESZ schrieben Sie:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I am confused about this. If I should not use an external exiftool
(meaning that DK will use the exiftool it comes with) then why am I
shown a scary looking warning? The path /opt/local/bin does not exist on
my system. I dont think it ever has? It is still unclear to me whether I
have a problem with DK that needs attention or not.
Well, 10 seconds was not sufficient for me to even read the message -
even when I tried multiple times. I am perhaps not the fastest reader
but not the slowest either. Many people would be reading slower than me.
Add in the stress of seeing such a message from a program used to manage
what many people might consider their most valuable digital asset.
Typically, when other apps shows warnings that disapper after a while
there will be a clear way to stop the count down. Or the countdown will
automatically stop if message is hovered by the mouse cursor.
On 26/06/2024 17.50, Maik Qualmann wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Regarding ExifTool, you should not use an external ExifTool, digiKam
usually finds its own ExifTool. The path has probably been changed
before. You should find ExifTool from digiKam under "/opt/local/bin".
Personally, I think that the message display time of 10 seconds is
sufficient, and it shouldn't be too intrusive. It is now highly
recommended to have a functioning ExifTool running in digiKam, DNG
conversion only works with ExifTool, and many Exiv2 problems are avoided
with ExifTool.
Maik
Am Mittwoch, 26. Juni 2024, 19:49:08 MESZ schrieb Thomas Damgaard:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hello again,
In an attempt to fix this issue, I went to Settings -> Metadata ->
ExifTool. It said it already had exiftool 12.70. However, I have a
newer
version installed with brew, so I figured I might need to change it. So
I clicked change and navigated to /opt/homebrew/bin/exiftool and
selected this. Then digikam detected this as v 12.76 which is all good.
Then I clicked OK in Settings. Now DK froze up for like 10-15 minutes.
Then it prompted me for this:
I did /not/ change my digikam database folder. I only changed the
ExifTool.
Now I am worried about DK might do something to my database?
How to proceed from here?
I think neither of the choices here are good - and I see no "cancel"
action available :-(
BR
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hi,
When I start Digikam on my Mac I briefly see this error message
flashing
Why do I see this error?
I already have ExifTool installed:
$ brew install exiftool
==> Downloadinghttps://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.jws.json
######################################################################
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############################ 100.0%
==> Downloadinghttps://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask.jws.json
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############################ 100.0%
Warning: exiftool 12.76 is already installed and up-to-date.
To reinstall 12.76, run:
brew reinstall exiftool
How do I fix this?
About the error and the UX:
I really love DK it is a pure open source gem. However, this UX
pattern of flashing scary looking messages briefly is pretty bad. It
took me like 5 digikam startups to actually be able to read this as
the message is only shown for 10 seconds. DK takes probably over 30-60
seconds to start up on my mac. So keeping attention while just
watching the splash screen is difficult. Then when it finally appears,
this message is only flashed for 10 seconds./
/
/Please/ do not just flash a seemingly important message for only 10
seconds without even providing the user a way to keep the message up
(there is only a close button).
Preferably, either decide if the message is important or not. If it is
not then do not show it. If it /is/ important, keep the message
available.
It is unclear from the message text what this actually means. I am a
fairly technical user and I have no idea really. I know what exiftool
is, but I have no idea if DK actually /needs/ it - or if it relies on
its own internal libexif or similar if external exiftool is not
available?
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