Still severe problems importing in Lightroom

So, importing photos in Lightroom isn't easy, at least not for me. Using LR
install on two different machines, so there really can't be a problem with
one specific LR install.

Whenever a directory of images I want to import contains movie files,
seemingly any movie files, the import dialog freezes for a bit, and when it
unfreezes it won't load thumbnails of the photos:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw4l0lrl9gyf7lb/Screenshot%202014-10-28%2007.39.38.png?dl=0

When I hit import, nothing happens, the progress meter is standing still
and then nothing. In Aperture I always had the progress window to see what
it was currently doing if I needed to troubleshoot something, but Lightroom
doesn't seem to give me any information at all about what it is doing.


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Sandman[.net]

In article , Sandman wrote:

So, importing photos in Lightroom isn't easy, at least not for me. Using LR
install on two different machines, so there really can't be a problem with
one specific LR install.

Whenever a directory of images I want to import contains movie files,
seemingly any movie files, the import dialog freezes for a bit, and when it
unfreezes it won't load thumbnails of the photos:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw4l0lrl9gyf7lb/Screenshot%202014-10-28%2007.39.38.png?dl=0

When I hit import, nothing happens, the progress meter is standing still
and then nothing. In Aperture I always had the progress window to see what
it was currently doing if I needed to troubleshoot something, but Lightroom
doesn't seem to give me any information at all about what it is doing.

Oh, and another thing, if I pick a directory/memory card containing video
files, the above happens, and then I can't pick any other directory,
regardless of wether they contain video files or not. I have to close the
import dialog and open it again and remember which directory that contained
the video files and avoid it in order to import other photos.

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Sandman[.net]

On 2014-10-28 06:40:58 +0000, Sandman said:

So, importing photos in Lightroom isn't easy, at least not for me. Using LR
install on two different machines, so there really can't be a problem with
one specific LR install.

Whenever a directory of images I want to import contains movie files,
seemingly any movie files, the import dialog freezes for a bit, and when it
unfreezes it won't load thumbnails of the photos:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw4l0lrl9gyf7lb/Screenshot%202014-10-28%2007.39.38.png?dl=0

When

I hit import, nothing happens, the progress meter is standing still
and then nothing. In Aperture I always had the progress window to see what
it was currently doing if I needed to troubleshoot something, but Lightroom
doesn't seem to give me any information at all about what it is doing.

I don't envy you in having to make this move, and never having Aperture
in my workflow, I can't share your pain or even think of a solution to
your movie file import issue. All I have is this which might or might
not help.
http://landing.adobe.com/dam/downloads/whitepapers/54511.en.switch-from-aperture-to-lightroom.pdf
http://9to5mac.com/2014/08/04/adobe-developing-aperture-to-lightroom-migration-tool-releases-full-transition-guide/

--


Regards,

Savageduck

On 10/28/14 PDT, 12:13 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2014-10-28 06:40:58 +0000, Sandman said:

So, importing photos in Lightroom isn't easy, at least not for me.
Using LR
install on two different machines, so there really can't be a problem
with
one specific LR install.

Whenever a directory of images I want to import contains movie files,
seemingly any movie files, the import dialog freezes for a bit, and
when it
unfreezes it won't load thumbnails of the photos:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw4l0lrl9gyf7lb/Screenshot%202014-10-28%2007.39.38.png?dl=0


When

I hit import, nothing happens, the progress meter is standing still
and then nothing. In Aperture I always had the progress window to see
what
it was currently doing if I needed to troubleshoot something, but
Lightroom
doesn't seem to give me any information at all about what it is doing.

I don't envy you in having to make this move, and never having Aperture
in my workflow, I can't share your pain or even think of a solution to
your movie file import issue. All I have is this which might or might
not help.
http://landing.adobe.com/dam/downloads/whitepapers/54511.en.switch-from-aperture-to-lightroom.pdf

http://9to5mac.com/2014/08/04/adobe-developing-aperture-to-lightroom-migration-tool-releases-full-transition-guide/

Can you not manually remove the bloody movies?

On 2014-10-28 17:29:51 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 10/28/14 PDT, 12:13 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2014-10-28 06:40:58 +0000, Sandman said:

So, importing photos in Lightroom isn't easy, at least not for me.
Using LR
install on two different machines, so there really can't be a problem
with
one specific LR install.

Whenever a directory of images I want to import contains movie files,
seemingly any movie files, the import dialog freezes for a bit, and
when it
unfreezes it won't load thumbnails of the photos:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw4l0lrl9gyf7lb/Screenshot%202014-10-28%2007.39.38.png?dl=0


When

I

hit import, nothing happens, the progress meter is standing still
and then nothing. In Aperture I always had the progress window to see
what
it was currently doing if I needed to troubleshoot something, but
Lightroom
doesn't seem to give me any information at all about what it is doing.

I don't envy you in having to make this move, and never having Aperture
in my workflow, I can't share your pain or even think of a solution to
your movie file import issue. All I have is this which might or might
not help.
http://landing.adobe.com/dam/downloads/whitepapers/54511.en.switch-from-aperture-to-lightroom.pdf

http://9to5mac.com/2014/08/04/adobe-developing-aperture-to-lightroom-migration-tool-releases-full-transition-guide/

Can

you not manually remove the bloody movies?

The movie transfer/import issue is actually Jonas' problem not mine. I
am more of a still photo guy.

Personally, if the movie files are a problem (probably because they
might be a tad overweight) I would just uncheck the selection boxes and
try importing them one at a time.

--
Regards,

Savageduck

In article 2014102800134442385-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote:

Sandman:
So, importing photos in Lightroom isn't easy, at least not for me.
Using LR install on two different machines, so there really can't
be a problem with one specific LR install.

Whenever a directory of images I want to import contains movie
files, seemingly any movie files, the import dialog freezes for a
bit, and when it unfreezes it won't load thumbnails of the photos:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw4l0lrl9gyf7lb/Screenshot%202014-10-28%2007.39.38.png?dl=0

Sandman:
I hit import, nothing happens, the progress meter is standing
still and then nothing. In Aperture I always had the progress
window to see what it was currently doing if I needed to
troubleshoot something, but Lightroom doesn't seem to give me any
information at all about what it is doing.

I don't envy you in having to make this move, and never having
Aperture in my workflow, I can't share your pain or even think of a
solution to your movie file import issue. All I have is this which
might or might not help.
http://landing.adobe.com/dam/downloads/whitepapers/54511.en.switch-from-aperture-to-lightroom.pdf
http://9to5mac.com/2014/08/04/adobe-developing-aperture-to-lightroom-migration-tool-releases-full-transition-guide/

Uh, sorry, this is not related at all. The above issues has *nothing* to do
with Aperture. I am talking about the import module in Lightroom importing
files from a memory card or from files on the hard drive, at no point is
Aperture involved in this.



--
Sandman[.net]

In article , John McWilliams wrote:

Savageduck:
On 2014-10-28 06:40:58 +0000, Sandman said:

Sandman:
So, importing photos in Lightroom isn't easy, at least not for
me. Using LR install on two different machines, so there really
can't be a problem with one specific LR install.

Whenever a directory of images I want to import contains movie
files, seemingly any movie files, the import dialog freezes for
a bit, and when it unfreezes it won't load thumbnails of the
photos:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw4l0lrl9gyf7lb/Screenshot%202014-10-28%2007.39.38.png?dl=0

Savageduck:
When

Sandman:
I hit import, nothing happens, the progress meter is standing
still and then nothing. In Aperture I always had the progress
window to see what it was currently doing if I needed to
troubleshoot something, but Lightroom doesn't seem to give me
any information at all about what it is doing.

Savageduck:
I don't envy you in having to make this move, and never having
Aperture in my workflow, I can't share your pain or even think of
a solution to your movie file import issue. All I have is this
which might or might not help.
http://landing.adobe.com/dam/downloads/whitepapers/54511.en.switch-from-aperture-to-lightroom.pdf

http://9to5mac.com/2014/08/04/adobe-developing-aperture-to-lightroom-migration-tool-releases-full-transition-guide/

Can you not manually remove the bloody movies?

Why would you want to remove the movies? If you see the screenshot on
dropbox above, you'll see that each file has a checkbox, so I can certainly
tell Lightroom to ignore the files, but that's not the problem, the problem
is that after having listed a directory or memory card *with* movie files,
Lightroom can not import any files, regardless of checkboxes marked.


--
Sandman[.net]

On 2014-10-28 17:47:30 +0000, Sandman said:

In article 2014102800134442385-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote:

Sandman:
So, importing photos in Lightroom isn't easy, at least not for me.
Using LR install on two different machines, so there really can't
be a problem with one specific LR install.

Whenever a directory of images I want to import contains movie
files, seemingly any movie files, the import dialog freezes for a
bit, and when it unfreezes it won't load thumbnails of the photos:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw4l0lrl9gyf7lb/Screenshot%202014-10-28%2007.39.38.png?dl=0

Sandman:
I

hit import, nothing happens, the progress meter is standing
still and then nothing. In Aperture I always had the progress
window to see what it was currently doing if I needed to
troubleshoot something, but Lightroom doesn't seem to give me any
information at all about what it is doing.

I don't envy you in having to make this move, and never having
Aperture in my workflow, I can't share your pain or even think of a
solution to your movie file import issue. All I have is this which
might or might not help.
http://landing.adobe.com/dam/downloads/whitepapers/54511.en.switch-from-aperture-to-lightroom.pdf
http://9to5mac.com/2014/08/04/adobe-developing-aperture-to-lightroom-migration-tool-releases-full-transition-guide/

Uh,

sorry, this is not related at all. The above issues has *nothing* to do
with Aperture. I am talking about the import module in Lightroom importing
files from a memory card or from files on the hard drive, at no point is
Aperture involved in this.

Sorry! I thought you were still dealing with the Aperture/Lightroom transition.

--
Regards,

Savageduck

In article 2014102810590318676-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote:

Sandman:
sorry, this is not related at all. The above issues has *nothing*
to do with Aperture. I am talking about the import module in
Lightroom importing files from a memory card or from files on the
hard drive, at no point is Aperture involved in this.

Sorry! I thought you were still dealing with the Aperture/Lightroom
transition.

Nah, that "transition" took about fifteen minutes and some "how the **** do
I do this in Lightroom?", but these issues are LR-specific only, Aperture
don't have a problem with these files.



--
Sandman[.net]

On 10/28/14 PDT, 10:53 AM, Sandman wrote:
In article , John McWilliams wrote:

Savageduck:
On 2014-10-28 06:40:58 +0000, Sandman said:

Sandman:
So, importing photos in Lightroom isn't easy, at least not for
me. Using LR install on two different machines, so there really
can't be a problem with one specific LR install.

Whenever a directory of images I want to import contains movie
files, seemingly any movie files, the import dialog freezes for
a bit, and when it unfreezes it won't load thumbnails of the
photos:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw4l0lrl9gyf7lb/Screenshot%202014-10-28%2007.39.38.png?dl=0

Savageduck:
When

Sandman:
I hit import, nothing happens, the progress meter is standing
still and then nothing. In Aperture I always had the progress
window to see what it was currently doing if I needed to
troubleshoot something, but Lightroom doesn't seem to give me
any information at all about what it is doing.

Savageduck:
I don't envy you in having to make this move, and never having
Aperture in my workflow, I can't share your pain or even think of
a solution to your movie file import issue. All I have is this
which might or might not help.
http://landing.adobe.com/dam/downloads/whitepapers/54511.en.switch-from-aperture-to-lightroom.pdf

http://9to5mac.com/2014/08/04/adobe-developing-aperture-to-lightroom-migration-tool-releases-full-transition-guide/

Can you not manually remove the bloody movies?

Why would you want to remove the movies?

I'd do so as I don't want my movies in LR.

If you see the screenshot on
dropbox above, you'll see that each file has a checkbox, so I can certainly
tell Lightroom to ignore the files, but that's not the problem, the problem
is that after having listed a directory or memory card *with* movie files,
Lightroom can not import any files, regardless of checkboxes marked.

I'd copy the movies to another place, delete them, and then import.