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Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras?

From T <T@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras?
Date 2025-01-12 12:48 -0800
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On 1/12/25 5:56 AM, Paul wrote:
> On Sun, 1/12/2025 2:17 AM, T wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> A customer was looking for a picture gallery program
>> to read his digital camera.
>>
>> Windows Explorer reads his camera just fine.
>>
>> I tried Gigikam, Darktable, and Shotwell. They would
>> not read his camera properly.  Shotwell did not even try.
>> (Shotwell and cameras work like a dream in Linux.)
>> Gigikam, Darktable found the camera but would not
>> read it.
>>
>> Anyone have a recommendation for something that
>> actually works?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>>
> 
> Does the camera have "permissions" on its end
> or a security scheme ?
> 
> Some mobile devices, the user has to "Swipe and enable
> something", before DCIM is visible or some ugly
> protocol like MTP works.
> 
> Maybe the camera is similarly endowed and is Android
> in disguise.
> 
> My USB Mass storage camera still works, but it seems
> a fraction of a second slower to start.
> 
> As a debug step, I would start with a device known
> to not have a local permission slider and see if that
> picks up OK or not. It could be that the particular
> camera is more security-conscious.
> 
> There are some camera devices which are Wifi, and don't
> even need to be wired up. But then there is the potential
> of more setup steps.
> 
> and you don't need a Wifi router, for a Wifi-enabled
> camera. Just a Wifi add-on to the client PC is enough,
> since Windows has a "mobile hot spot" that allows
> point-to-point Wifi from client PC to Wifi peripheral.
> You can also run TCP/IP networking over Bluetooth,
> but that is not practical in any sense of the word.
> At least that part of the stack works now.
> 
>     Paul


Plug the charging cord into the camera, turn the camera
on, Windows explorer reads the DICM directory fine.

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picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-11 23:17 -0800
  Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Hank Rogers <invalid@nospam.com> - 2025-01-12 08:50 +0000
    Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 01:38 -0800
      Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 03:12 -0800
  Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-12 11:36 +0000
    Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 12:42 -0800
      Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-12 22:34 +0000
      Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2025-01-13 09:53 -0700
        Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-13 15:32 -0800
  Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? mick <nospam@junk.mail> - 2025-01-12 13:16 +0000
    Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 13:34 -0800
      Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 14:31 -0800
        Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-12 21:34 -0500
          Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 19:58 -0800
            Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-12 23:16 -0500
  Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-12 08:29 -0500
    Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 12:43 -0800
  Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-12 08:56 -0500
    Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 12:48 -0800
  Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-12 16:31 +0000
    Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 12:47 -0800
      Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-12 21:11 +0000
        Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 13:28 -0800
          Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-13 15:33 +0000
            Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-13 15:34 -0800
              Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-13 16:17 -0800
                Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-13 19:32 -0500
                Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-13 16:45 -0800
              Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-14 15:06 +0000
                Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-17 16:08 -0800
                Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-18 13:25 +0000
                Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-18 07:04 -0800
        Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 13:31 -0800
          Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-12 22:30 -0500
            Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 20:01 -0800
          Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-13 15:34 +0000
            Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-13 13:54 -0500
  Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Tony <noreply@ghtyhgfrt.com> - 2025-01-13 00:26 +0000
    Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 20:04 -0800
      Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-13 00:54 -0500
      Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-13 16:07 +0000
        Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-13 14:05 -0500
          Re: picture gallery programs that read cameras? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-13 20:31 +0000

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