INDEXER

Import photographs

Originals remain read-only

SOURCE

Photo folder

Ready

Selected folder/photos

OPTIONS

Import behavior

Parallel processingConcurrent RAW decode / generated-media workers. 4 is recommended for a 6-core CPU; reduce it if the server becomes unresponsive or storage is saturated. Skip preview generationCreate metadata and thumbnails only. A large preview is generated automatically the first time you open a photo. Skip already imported photosSkip any photo whose exact source path is already in the catalog, even if the file changed or generated media is missing. Force re-index existing photosRe-read metadata and regenerate requested media even when an existing photo appears unchanged. Mutually exclusive with Skip already imported. Fast SMB modeSkip the second source-file stat after processing to reduce SMB round trips. The initial stat, metadata read and read-only protections remain. Source changes during processing are detected on the next scan instead.

Photo identityAlready imported currently means the exact source path. The catalog stores a SHA-256 hash of that path; moving or copying the same RAW to a different path creates another catalog entry.

PROGRESS

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