[digiKam-users] Importing via MTP in Windows

[Will Davis]

Hi Giles, Remco,

Thanks for the expansion about libgphoto2, I had wondered that. Looks like I'll have to use the workaround or work out how to use mass storage mode; unfortunately USB debugging didn't work when I tried it.

Cheers :)

On 23 June 2018 16:48:27 CEST, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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