Dear Guillermo, Re. the "darktable-generate-cache" defaults may not be optimum:
The default's level 2 thumbnails are already ca. 670 x 450. With typically four to ten photos per row in lighttable view, we would expect thumbnails of the relevant sizes to be readily available after running "darktable-generate-cache". We will continue experimenting with "--max-mip" settings higher than 2. Re. do you really need to import the JPG? Do we need the RAWs at the initial screening/tagging stage? Our Fujifilm in-camera JPGs and iOS HIECs are perfect for this purpose. With the very little experience we have so far with dt 3.4 this made us consider relegating darktable to the editing phase. Again, we will follow your advice and exclude the JPGs now in our dt testing. Regards, Willi From: Guillermo Rozas <[email protected]> Sent: Mittwoch, 24. Februar 2021 14:40 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [darktable-user] lighttable view responsiveness 1. run the "darktable-generate-cache" binary (without parameters) immediately after importing to ensure that thumbnails for all images exist before starting the screening phase; "darktable-generate-cache" takes an option to define the maximum size of the generated thumbnails (https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/en/special-topics/program-invocation/darktable-generate-cache/<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.darktable.org%2Fusermanual%2Fen%2Fspecial-topics%2Fprogram-invocation%2Fdarktable-generate-cache%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C07c75e2eee7644cb499908d8d8c9b3df%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637497708097300233%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=RsN1taKc9HuSgAV8h%2FjpeVQGglGwchk%2BMErkGPeJlgw%3D&reserved=0>). Depending on the zoom levels you use on the lighttable the defaults may not be the optimum, and thumbnails would be generated on demand. Of course, the higher the limit you use the more space on disk you'll need. 1. collapse grouped photos (JPEG/RAW pairs) to half the number of thumbnails that need to be displayed at any time. Do you really need to import the JPG? It would be easier and faster if they're not there. Regards, Guillermo ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
