ExifTool is not available??

Wed Jul 10 16:30:14 BST 2024

I had some travelling to do and was only able to try just now.

Yes, the ExifTool error still appears after restart DK:

This is how it looks in Settings:

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:

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 So the albums tree view is outdated compared to the actual 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.

How to proceed?

BR

Thomas

On 27/06/2024 07.54, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> 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:
>
> https://www.digikam.org/contribute/
>
> Maik
>
> Am Mittwoch, 26. Juni 2024, 23:13:56 MESZ schrieben Sie:
>> 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:
>>> 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:
>>>> 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:
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 26/06/2024 12.22, Thomas Damgaard wrote:
>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>> ######################################################################
>>>>>>> ##
>>>>>>> ##
>>>>>>> ############################ 100.0%
>>>>>>> ==> Downloadinghttps://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask.jws.json
>>>>>>> ######################################################################
>>>>>>> ##
>>>>>>> ##
>>>>>>> ############################ 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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