[digiKam-users] Can't find duplicate images anymore

[Frédéric Da Vitoria]

Hello,

FWIW, DK 7.9.0 does find duplicates under Windows 11.

Le 04/03/2023 à 18:34, Marc Palaus a écrit :
>
> I honestly don't know, I haven't used the duplicate finder feature in 
> a while, since my collection is in a remote storage and it can be 
> quite slow. Sorry
>
> El 3/3/23 a les 23:49, loup+digikamusers at lo-cal.org ha escrit:
>>
>> Can someone help me with my question below?  I've been trying to make 
>> it work and I've made zero progress.
>>
>> I tried deleting the similarity database and letting digikam rebuild 
>> it.  No change.
>>
>> I tried turning on logging and looking for a clue.  If "Restrict to" 
>> is set to "Only Selected Tab", "One Of", or "Tags but not albums", 
>> then clicking "Find duplicates" returns immediately and produces 
>> these log lines:
>>
>> digikam.geoiface: ----
>> digikam.general: Stacked View Mode :  0
>> digikam.general: Using  12  CPU core to run threads
>> digikam.general: Action Thread run  12  new jobs
>> digikam.geoiface: ----
>> digikam.general: Event is dispatched to KDE desktop notifier
>> digikam.general: Cancel Main Thread
>>
>> If I select "Both" or "Albums but not tags", then the operation will 
>> appear in the UI to run, but stays stuck at 0% for a long time (tens 
>> of minutes) and produces these log lines:
>>
>> digikam.geoiface: ----
>> digikam.general: Stacked View Mode :  0
>> digikam.general: Using  12  CPU core to run threads
>> digikam.general: Action Thread run  1  new jobs
>> digikam.dbjob: No image ids passed for duplicates search
>> digikam.geoiface: ----
>>
>> I tried running from an AppImage.  It runs the same.
>>
>> Can someone help me please? Should I be asking somewhere else?
>> On 3/1/23 23:35, loup+digikamusers at lo-cal.org wrote:
>>>
>>> I can no longer find duplicates using digikam.
>>>
>>> I used to be able to find duplicates without a problem. But now, 
>>> when using the same workflow as always, the duplicate list ALWAYS 
>>> comes up empty.  I've even tried copying one of the images to create 
>>> an exact duplicate and it can't even find that.
>>>
>>> I've tried using the latest Ubuntu package (which give v7.5.0). the 
>>> latest snap package (v7.6.0) and the latest AppImage (v7.7.0).  All 
>>> behave the same way.
>>>
>>> I'm not even sure how to troubleshoot this.
>>>
>>> My workflow is:
>>>
>>>   * tag all the images that I want to check with a unique tag.
>>>   * Go to the duplicate panel and clear all the album and tag
>>>     selections.
>>>   * Select the unique tag from step 1.
>>>   * Restrict to = "Only selected tab"
>>>   * Similarity Range: 100% to 100% (I only want to find identical
>>>     duplicates)
>>>   * Restriction: None
>>>   * The I hit "Update Fingerprints", wait for completion
>>>   * Then "Find Duplicates"
>>>
>>> This comes up empty.
>>>
>>> If I set the similarity range to something wider, like 80% to 100%, 
>>> then I get some hits of similar pictures, but none of the 
>>> -identical- pics come up in the list.
>>>
>>> What is going on?
>>>
>>>
>>>


-- 
Frédéric Da Vitoria
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