[digiKam-users] When to rebuild the thumbnails

[digikam at 911networks.com]

On Sun, 04 Sep 2022 20:28:18 +0200
Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why do you want to recreate the thumbnails? 

When I do a lot of changes additions and deletions (bulk), I have
found that DK runs a lot faster after the rebuild. 

I was wondering if the rebuild would shrink the thumbnails.db and
speed things up.

Thanks

> The thumbnail will be
> recreated by digiKam when certain metadata changes are detected.
> There is hardly any reason for this, we only have a bug report that
> under certain circumstances when renaming images externally, the
> correct thumbnail for the image is no longer displayed.
> 
> Maik
> 
> Am Sonntag, 4. September 2022, 18:41:41 CEST schrieb
> digikam at 911networks.com:
> > I have 50,000+ images in my main db.
> > 
> > I do regularly add new photos and delete almost duplicates or not
> > sharp enough or not in focus or....
> > 
> > I also do regular data maintenance after large operations but I
> > have not rebuild the thumbnails. The last time, I did that was
> > around 40,000  images and it took slightly more than 24 hours.
> > 
> > * At what point do I bite the bullet and rebuild the thumbnails?
> > * What are the benefits of rebuilding the thumbnails?
> > 
> > Thanks  
> 
> 
> 
> 


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