In order to rectify the problem of files being stored in 'no events', and also being 'lumped together in 1970', I decided to remove all the files - photos and vids from the library....... and then rebuild the library importing and copying the files to a new directory.
This was a big mistake. I now have 73 videos in the new 1970 folder (up from 59) AND No thumbnails at all. I now have 91 photos, and 131 videos, in the new 'No event' folder (down from 110 pics, and up from 109 videos) The 1947 'Events' folder has thankfully gone. All the files in the 1970 folder are video.avi files It would appear that there is now less photo/video info available..... only the name is displayed. The fact that the file storage has worsened is less of a problem than the loss of the thumbnails, as we can now no longer choose to play a video on the basis of its contents. Q 1. Is there any way to force shotwell to read the file creation date, in order for it to build the correct directories and events? Q 2. How can I get my thumbnails back? Clearly I should never have tried to rebuild the library...... oh the value of hindsight. Mark On Fri, 2013-05-10 at 16:24 +0200, Mark Sheriff wrote: > VIDEO THUMBNAIL DISPLAY/DATE - ISSUES > *************************** > > Nav Tree 'Folders' > ***** > > The 169 video files have been allocated as follows: > 59 - 1970 01/01 > > I cannot say how all these video files of all different dates ended up > in a single dir dated 1970, but Nautilus also reports the same. > > They are all videos that present 'no date & time data', other than the > file creation time. > > The remaining 110 videos appear to be stored correctly. > > It would appear all thumbnails are present, and the files do run when > clicked. > > > Nav Tree 'Events' > **** > The problem appears to only effect the Nav Tree 'Events', stemming(?) > from video files that present 'no date & time data', other than the file > creation time. > The 169 video files have been allocated as follows: > > 109 - No Event > 3 - 1947 (but correct month and day) > > ***** > It would appear that if the video files contain additional date and time > info, they are accurately logged. > If only the 'file date & time' is available, they may not be logged > correctly. > > ***** > I wonder.... If I created a new library, and import/copied all the > photo's and videos to a new destination....... would shotwell build a > directory structure based upon the file date (if other data not > available.) > > However, I can envisage problems with edited pics. > I can see that it is not easy. > > > Using Nav Tree Folders I could manually transfer vids to their correctly > dated folders, and that would provide a working system. > > I guess I'd then just NOT use Nav Tree Events as it has too many errors > with vids and pics (also 110 pics in No Events). > > Mark > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 12:48 -0700, Clint Rogers wrote: > > Good afternoon Mark, > > > > > > It sounds like you may have been bitten by > > http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/6618, and we apologize for this. > > Fortunately, there's a workaround: > > 1) Add the following PPA to your system: > > https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa (this page contains > > instructions on how to do this if you're unfamiliar) > > > > 2) Remove, then reinstall Shotwell (this should grab the PPA version, > > which should, in turn, pull in the required version of libgexiv2) > > > > > > As for the video problem, when you say 'failing to display', do you > > mean that Shotwell couldn't create thumbnails for them, or that they > > wouldn't play when double-clicked? > > > > Thumbnails not working may indicate that your system doesn't have > > GStreamer plugins for those formats - do you get thumbnails for the > > affected video files in your file manager? If you're simply not seeing > > thumbnails, it's likely a missing codec, and installing something like > > gst-plugins-bad1.0 would help. > > > > If videos won't play when double-clicked, though, it may be that > > Shotwell is having trouble launching an external media player. When > > you try to open one of the affected videos from the file manager, what > > happens? > > > > > > Please let us know. > > > > Cheers, > > -c > > > > > > > > On 9 May 2013 07:43, Mark Sheriff <mark.sher...@online.fr> wrote: > > I since decided to remove shotwell thru software center. > > I then re-installed, but no joy. > > Typing shotwell in terminal still produces this: shotwell: > > error while > > loading shared libraries: libgexiv2.so.2: cannot open shared > > object > > file: No such file or directory > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 16:14 +0200, Mark Sheriff wrote: > > > Upgrade problems 12 to 14 ubuntu > > > > > > Shotwell was failing to display videos (mp4 and ASF), even > > though they > > > had been imported, and placed in the correct folder. > > > So I checked the Yorba site and discovered, my version was > > out of date. > > > > > > I entered the following 3 commands: > > > > > > $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa > > > $ sudo apt-get update > > > $ sudo apt-get install shotwell > > > > > > Note I didn't remove the earlier version, cos the Yorba site > > did not > > > instruct me to do do so. > > > > > > Result: > > > > > > Clicking the shotwell icon does not launch the app. > > > Typing shotwell, or./shotwell in terminal doesn't work. > > > > > > I ran $ sudo apt-get install shotwell again..... terminal > > reported: > > > shotwell is already the newest version > > > > > > Tried launching from dash, but this doesn't work. > > > Loaded software centre, and this informs me shotwell is > > installed, > > > offering the option to remove it. > > > > > > tried inserting an SD card with pics, to get the 'load > > shotwell' > > > command. > > > Clicked the command but only got a lot of hard disk activity > > for a > > > period. > > > > > > What is my best course of action? > > > > > > What, if any, changes should be made to the install > > instructions, to > > > ensure this does not happen to future users? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Shotwell mailing list > > > Shotwell@lists.yorba.org > > > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Shotwell mailing list > > Shotwell@lists.yorba.org > > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell > > > > > > > > > > -- > > --------------------------- > > "I don't know what (b² - 4ac) equals, and I don't care," Tom said > > indiscriminately. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > Shotwell@lists.yorba.org > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list Shotwell@lists.yorba.org http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
