[KPhotoAlbum] Faking kim files to import photos

[Dotan Cohen]

On 2/21/06, Jesper K. Pedersen <blackie at blackie.dk> wrote:
> Try comparing the .kim file you generated with one generated from KPhotoAlbum.
>
> But as I said, if you have a working index.xml file (which you can check by
> running kimdaba -c /path/to/your/index.xml), why don't you just export from
> kimdaba, so you can reimport that file - assuming you've got problem
> "exporting" by hand
>
> I'm afraid I can't be of much more assistance.
>
> Cheers
> Jesper.
> On Sunday 19 February 2006 16:17, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> | On 2/20/06, Jesper K. Pedersen <blackie at blackie.dk> wrote:
> | > I dont know if adding a Thumbnail Directory will do, I was merely
> | > pointing out what your error message told you ;-)
> | >
> | > How about simply producing a index.xml file on its own, opening that in
> | > KPhotoAlbum, and then run the thing through export?
> | >
> | > Cheers
> | > jesper.
> |
> | I forgot to mention, when I added the folder Thumbnalis to the zip, I
> | got this error:
> | "No thumbnail existed in export file for "
> |
> | I will be unable to produce a thumbnail for each of thousands of
> | photos. I also notice that I can export .kim file without thumbnails,
> | so why doesn't it work without the thumbnails?
> |
> | How can I work around this?
> |
> | Dotan Cohen
>

Jesper,
I think that I found the problem! When I do export a file and then try
to import it, it fails! When I try to import a kim file that was I
unchecked "generate thumbnails" I get this:
"Export file did not contain a Thumbnails subdirectory, this indicates
that the file is broken."

When I try to import a kim file that was I left "generate thumbnails"
checked it works. So even KimDaBa's own .kim file is broken. Can
somebody confirm this? I am on KimDaBa 2.1 (Using KDE 3.5.1).

Dotan Cohen