Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-31 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* tony Hamilton [10-31-22 15:07]: > I hope this addition to this topic is not seen to be an attempt at > high-jacking the thread - my apologies if it is. > > One way in which I wish the database would be updated is when I add an XMP > of the duplicate of an image (i.e. a filename of the form >

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-31 Thread tony Hamilton
I hope this addition to this topic is not seen to be an attempt at high-jacking the thread - my apologies if it is. One way in which I wish the database would be updated is when I add an XMP of the duplicate of an image (i.e. a filename of the form 'x__01.raf.xmp') to my image folder

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-22 Thread Michael Staats
On 21/10/2022 19:28, Jack Bowling wrote: [ ... ] box is way too sensitive, such that if you cleaned up spots too fast, it would kill darktable unmercifully. I have a Ryzen 3900X (12 cores, 24 Hi Ok, let's make a difference between one process (darktable) that is crashing, or the full "system"

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-21 Thread Jack Bowling
Thanks, Terry. Will give it a go with GIMP. Jack On 2022-10-21 15:12, Terry Pinfold wrote: Hi Jack,     I drift slightly off topic and you can either ignore my post if it is unhelpful, but please don't abuse me for getting off topic. I do a lot of photo restoration with dust, scratches and

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-21 Thread Terry Pinfold
Hi Jack, I drift slightly off topic and you can either ignore my post if it is unhelpful, but please don't abuse me for getting off topic. I do a lot of photo restoration with dust, scratches and other marks. DT is great for a couple of spots from a dirty image sensor or some specialised

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-21 Thread Jack Bowling
There is one gotcha I found recently. I was developing some film when it slipped out of my hand and hit the floor. Even with a re-wash, the film ended up with many dust spots and crap I had to spot out with the retouch module. Then I found that the systemd-oomd module on my Ubuntu box is way

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-21 Thread Michael Staats
On 21/10/2022 10:27, Paul Marfell wrote: I don't want my system slowed down just because there might sometime be a crash but it would seem sensible to set a flag in the dB when dt starts and unset it when it shuts down normally. If the flag is set when dt starts then it can run some checks or

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-21 Thread Paul Marfell
Is this what you mean? Global Preferences > Storage > "look for updated xmp files on startup" ? On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 at 21:02, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * David Vincent-Jones [10-16-22 13:15]: > > Is there a way to update the database other than shutting dt down? > > > > I am still having some

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-21 Thread Remco Viëtor
On vendredi 21 octobre 2022 10:27:55 CEST Paul Marfell wrote: > I don't want my system slowed down just because there might sometime be a > crash but it would seem sensible to set a flag in the dB when dt starts and > unset it when it shuts down normally. If the flag is set when dt starts > then

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-21 Thread Paul Marfell
I don't want my system slowed down just because there might sometime be a crash but it would seem sensible to set a flag in the dB when dt starts and unset it when it shuts down normally. If the flag is set when dt starts then it can run some checks or just warn the user. Paul On Fri, 21 Oct

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-20 Thread Pascal Obry
Le vendredi 21 octobre 2022 à 07:33 +0200, Michael Staats a écrit : > is this really correct? I hope not. To be honest, I did not check the > code, but I would recommend to update the DB (and commit) much more > frequently, like > > - if you move to the next picture That's the case. And also

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-20 Thread Michael Staats
On 19/10/2022 18:28, Patrick Shanahan wrote: everything is about timing. the database is updated when you close dt, iiuc. Hi, is this really correct? I hope not. To be honest, I did not check the code, but I would recommend to update the DB (and commit) much more frequently, like - if you

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-19 Thread Bernhard
Patrick Shanahan schrieb am 19.10.22 um 21:30: * Bernhard [10-19-22 13:17]: Bruce Guenter schrieb am 18.10.22 um 23:53: Now, the database has recorded the images as being there, but the edits are only present in the XMP files, so the edits appear to be lost.  They can be recovered by

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-19 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Bernhard [10-19-22 13:17]: > > > Bruce Guenter schrieb am 18.10.22 um 23:53: > > Now, the database has recorded the images as being there, but the edits > > are only present in the XMP files, so the edits appear to be lost.  They > > can be recovered by reimporting the files, which will

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-19 Thread Bernhard
Bruce Guenter schrieb am 18.10.22 um 23:53: Now, the database has recorded the images as being there, but the edits are only present in the XMP files, so the edits appear to be lost.  They can be recovered by reimporting the files, which will reload the XMP sidecars, but it's somewhat

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-19 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Bruce Guenter [10-19-22 12:22]: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 03:17:38PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > * David Vincent-Jones [10-17-22 12:46]: > > > Probably Patrick because I did not know of that option. > > > > > > Most software systems, that I have used, automatically save work as a > > >

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-18 Thread Bruce Guenter
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 03:17:38PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: * David Vincent-Jones [10-17-22 12:46]: Probably Patrick because I did not know of that option. Most software systems, that I have used, automatically save work as a background process and on a preset time basis. Do you think

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-17 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* David Vincent-Jones [10-17-22 12:46]: > Probably Patrick because I did not know of that option. > > Most software systems, that I have used, automatically save work as a > background process and on a preset time basis. Do you think that this might > be a useful addition for dt? > > David > >

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-17 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Probably Patrick because I did not know of that option. Most software systems, that I have used, automatically save work as a background process and on a preset time basis. Do you think that this might be a useful addition for dt? David On 2022-10-16 17:51, Patrick Shanahan wrote: * David

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-16 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* David Vincent-Jones [10-16-22 18:54]: > No Patrick my problem lies with updating from changes to tagging, stars > and color groups. > > On 2022-10-16 13:02, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > * David Vincent-Jones [10-16-22 13:15]: > > > Is there a way to update the database other than shutting

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-16 Thread David Vincent-Jones
No Patrick my problem lies with updating from changes to tagging, stars and color groups. On 2022-10-16 13:02, Patrick Shanahan wrote: * David Vincent-Jones [10-16-22 13:15]: Is there a way to update the database other than shutting dt down? I am still having some system failures and

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-16 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 10:14:00 -0700 David Vincent-Jones wrote: > Is there a way to update the database other than shutting dt down? > > I am still having some system failures and find it annoying that > recently updated tags etc are lost when this happens. > Since the darktable database is

Re: [darktable-user] Updating the Database

2022-10-16 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* David Vincent-Jones [10-16-22 13:15]: > Is there a way to update the database other than shutting dt down? > > I am still having some system failures and find it annoying that recently > updated tags etc are lost when this happens. you can set it to update when you open dt. I assume you are