ExifTool is not available??

[Thomas Damgaard]

Thanks. I selected Use Existing DB.

Now DK seems to hang... It has done so for very long. I am not sure what 
to do next or if it is safe to kill it.



On 26/06/2024 17.38, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> The database message was a bug in digiKam-8.3.0 that can occur once when
> changes are made to the setup, select existing database.
>
> 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
>>>
>>> ==> Downloading https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.jws.json
>>> ##########################################################################
>>> ############################ 100.0%
>>> ==> Downloading https://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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