On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Michiel Detailleur <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Thomas Post <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I am new to Shotwell. I got it started (from Linux Mint 11 2.6.38-13 > > GNOME 2.32.1) and I started Import - all pictures on my harddrive and an > > attached external drive. After 3 days of non-stop grinding (top showed > > shotwell consuming most of the CPU all the time ~ 97%) it showedd me that > > it had achieved 17%. That I thought was a good thing because the previous > > 2 days showed me nothing. After 6 days of grinding and my fans on high, > > the status bar said 34%. After 8 days it said 38% and I had enough of this > > nonsence. I killed the process and fired shotwell up again to find that it > > had imported only 2866 pictures. I don't know how many pictures I have on > > my computer, but if shotwell can only process 358 pictures per day, that's > > aweful and I hope you will address that in your new release. Since then, I > > have imported some pictures from some camera memory cards and in one > > instance it took more than 2 hours to import 14 pictures. That is not > > great. > > > > Also when it loads it stops at 49% for about 1 Minute, then zips to 99% > > loaded for at least 3 minutes before doing anything. > > > > My laptop is an HP Pavillion DV8000 with 1 GB RAM, AMD Turion 64 Mobile > > Technology ML-80. Shotwell version 0.9.3. > > > > Tom > > > > > Please post separate questions in separate threads. Its basic mailinglist > decency. > > Also, at least try to do an honest attempt at running the latest Shotwell > version before posting problems (its basic bug posting decency). There have > been 3 major, new releases since 0.9.3, all of which (amongst other issues) > improved heavily on importing. Tom,
Shotwell normally imports many photos per second. If it's importing only a few hundred photos per day for you then something is seriously wrong. I'd recommend removing your Shotwell library (the ~/.shotwell directory) and starting again with an empty library. Try dragging in a folder containing only a few dozen photos. What happens? How long does it take to import each photo? I'd agree with Michiel's suggestion that you should try a newer version of Shotwell if possible. Even Shotwell 0.9, however, should import photos far more quickly than you're observing. adam _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
