I had problems getting started with Darktable, and uninstalled and deleted all darktable folders, then reinstalled again.
Now I’m unable to import any image files. When I try to import, darktable only acknowledges that there are 4 images in my folder Photos. There are a dozen folders in Photos, and a dozen folders in each of those, but when I click or double-click on one of the subfolders, the dropdown triangle next to the subfolder name disappears and … nothing else happens. I have tried moving photos into the main Photos folder, but darktable still only lists the initial 4 images.
When I just select the main folder Photos I get a selection of images from the subfolders, with their directory path. This would be fine – ok, a little bit of a hassle – if ALL the pictures were listed, but it seems to be a random selection:
Let me assure you that there are hundreds of raw files I’m trying to access. I currently have a workaround – I open GIMP, then Open a raw file I want to work on in Darktable, and then GIMP automatically causes Darktable Darkroom to open with that one individual file open for editing. I really would like to get Darktable working as it’s supposed to work. Somehow, I corrupted the install the very first time I installed Darktable, and I’ve never been able to get rid of whatever I screwed up.
try running DT with a clean empty config directory. Create an empty folder and then when you run DT modify the command line in your shortcut and add --configdir “empty dir name” to the end . This will run DT using all new config files…see if that helps
Can you show (as you showed the folders tree in explorer) the content of one of the sub-folders for which dt remains blind (I would like to see the actual path + file name of those files) ?
The folders tree above is located on a cloud drive. Do you have the same issue with images on a local drive ?
Thanks.
It could be the cloud. I use OneDrive and files in the local sync folder will open if they are actually local. Those set for download on demand do not. Might be something similar??