[digiKam-users] Importing via MTP in Windows

[Gilles Caulier]

MTP support in digiKam use libgphoto2 which is not ported to Windows. Only
Linux and Mac.

Best

Gilles Caulier

2018-06-23 14:51 GMT+02:00 Remco Viëtor <remco.vietor at wanadoo.fr>:

> On samedi 23 juin 2018 13:15:52 CEST Will Davis wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to use DigiKam in Windows but haven't worked out how to import
> > photos from my smartphone via MTP yet. Can anyone explain this for me
> > please? Do I have to add another KIPI plugin? If so how?
> No idea...
> A work-around would be to copy the files from the phone to the final
> directory
> with another program, then Digikam can check that directory on start-up
> and
> import the new files into its database.
>
> > Also, the option to import from USB storage devices is greyed out, I
> can't
> > select it. Is this linked? Or is this only for USB mass storage mode
> > devices?
>
> Probable cause: your smartphone doesn't provide a "USB mass storage"
> interface, but only MTP.
>
> Remco
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