Hi Peter,
Sorry that I was not clear. I meant the thumbnails that appear in the window opened in darktable if I click on "Import from camera" (although just an USB3 card reader with my CF is connected, not the camera itself, which is only USB2). I suggested that THESE thumbnails (not those of the lighttable) could (also) be saved in a cache. About the file list, I am almost certain I saw it once (and only once) instead of the thumbnails, but I never was able to reproduce. I spoke about Dolphin only for speed comparison. Following you suggestion I gave dt 3.4.0 a try, but on my Windows computer. With 3.4 (under Windows), the import from a card reader no more copies the files to the hard disk as 3.2.1 did (under Linux). And if I connect my camera, dt recognizes it but says it is busy. Sorry for mixing the OS's. I've found the Zadig tool to change the driver, but it had no effect, at least for the card reader (not yet tested with the camera, but it is USB 2 only). Thanks, Laurent Le mer. 6 janv. 2021 à 07:40, Peter Harde <peter.harde.pri...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Hi Laurent, > > please be more clear : which thumbnails do you mean ? The thumbnails > possibly optionally shown in the file manager window which appears if > you click on import ? Or the thumbnails shown in lighttable mode of > darktable ? > > I suspect you mean the file manager window, because in your initial mail > (point 2) you mention a filelist mode. To my knowledge darktable does > not offer such a mode, but filemanagers do. > > In file manger window the file manager (whichever you use on your > system) handles the thumbnails (not dt). The thumbnails in lighttable > view are handled by darktable and saved in ~/.cache/darktable (linux > path, for windows I don't know the path). There is a comand line tool > called darktable-generate-cache to generate/update thumbnails in the > background when your computer is idle (see documentation). > > Peter > > Am 05.01.21 um 16:34 schrieb Laurent Zimmermann: > > Hi Peter, > > > > I did not try dt 3.4 because it is not yet available in the > > repositories of my distro. > > > > This is my hardware: > > - CompactFlash SanDisk Extreme 60 MB/s > > - Lexar USB 3.0 card reader > > - StarTech USB 3.0 ExpressCard > > - Pentium P6000 @ 1.87 GHz dual core > > - 8 GB RAM DDR3 > > - SSD drive > > It is an ancient VAIO laptop I have upgraded. Not an i7 processor of course. > > > > I tried to increase (512 MB -> 2048 MB) for the thumbnails cache and > > the nimber of threads (1 -> 2) without any noticeable effect on the > > thumbnails display in the import dialog. No other setting seemed > > appropriate. > > > > The import dialog in darktable needs ~18 s to display the 133 > > thumbnails although Dolphin needs only 2-3 s. So I guess the hardware > > is not the most critical point, dont't you? > > > > Laurent > > > > Le mar. 5 janv. 2021 à 08:52, Peter Harde > > <peter.harde.pri...@gmail.com> a écrit : > >> Hi Laurent, > >> > >> did you try dt 3.4.0 ? What hardware are you using? Sounds as if your > >> system is slow... There are several settings in preferences -> > >> lighttable controlling the creation of thumbnails. Did you try different > >> settings ? > >> > >> Peter > >> > >> Am 04.01.21 um 15:38 schrieb Laurent Zimmermann: > >>> Using darktable 3.2.1 x64 / Q4OS Linux (Debian 10 type). > >>> > >>> First of all, thanks to the developpers for their work. > >>> > >>> 1. I recently imported all the pictures (250+) from my memory card to > >>> my harddrive. I wanted to import them on my hard disk in several > >>> partial imports to get them into several folders having different > >>> names. The problem was that at each partial import I had to wait a > >>> long time until the full content of my memory card was displayed. Is > >>> was a long time because there were many photos and because thumbnails > >>> were displayed. > >>> I believe things could go much faster if a kind of cache could be > >>> used, because viewing the thumbnails was very useful. > >>> > >>> 2. By the way, I remember I saw once a list of filenames (faster > >>> display) instead of the thumbnails, but I am totally unable to > >>> remember what I did to view the list instead of the thumbnails. I see > >>> no button nor another mean to toggle between filename and thumbnails. > >>> > >>> 3. In the parameters tab, there is the option "override today's date" > >>> (surcharge la date actuelle). I'd like to know what is it intended for > >>> and how to use it. > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> ___________________________________________________________________________ > >>> darktable developer mailing list > >>> to unsubscribe send a mail to > >>> darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > >>> > >> ___________________________________________________________________________ > >> darktable developer mailing list > >> to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > >> > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable developer mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > darktable developer mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
