Shotwell fails when importing folders

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When I ask Shotwell to import folders the application freezes part way through the import. I believe it happens when the folders contain videos. I moved an AVI out of a set of folders and was able to successfully import those folders. Still, I have lots of videos mixed in with my pictures and I don’t want to have to separate them out.

Running shotwell in terminal, these were the recent errors before it froze completely:

(shotwell:2559): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: specified class size for type `GstCapsFilter' is smaller than the parent type's `GstBaseTransform' class size

(shotwell:2559): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `result != 0' failed


(shotwell:2559): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_register: assertion `g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)' failed


(shotwell:2559): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: specified class size for type `GstGioBaseSink' is smaller than the parent type's `GstBaseSink' class size


(shotwell:2559): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `result != 0' failed


(shotwell:2559): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_register_static: assertion `parent_type > 0' failed


(shotwell:2559): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed


(shotwell:2559): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `result != 0' failed


(shotwell:2559): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_register: assertion `g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)' failed


(shotwell:2559): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: specified class size for type `GstGioBaseSrc' is smaller than the parent type's `GstBaseSrc' class size


(shotwell:2559): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `result != 0' failed


(shotwell:2559): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_register_static: assertion `parent_type > 0' failed


(shotwell:2559): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed


(shotwell:2559): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `result != 0' failed


(shotwell:2559): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_register: assertion `g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)' failed

I’m running OpenSUSE 12.3 with Gnome 3.8 on top from the GS8 repo:
Index of /repositories/GNOME:/STABLE:/3.8/openSUSE_12.3

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This is worth a bug report to the Shotwell team: Issues - shotwell - Yorba Redmine

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On 2013-08-15 00:26, souldoc wrote:
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> When I ask Shotwell to import folders the application freezes part way
> through the import. I believe it happens when the folders contain
> videos. I moved an AVI out of a set of folders and was able to
> successfully import those folders. Still, I have lots of videos mixed in
> with my pictures and I don’t want to have to separate them out.

I have shotwell-0.14.1-68.2.x86_64 and I also have problems with videos.
Apparently they import, but they do not show as events. The version in
oS 12.1 did work.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

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I had the same problem, and I reported the bug.
They told me to upgraded to 0.14.1, which I did, and the problem was solved.

Good luck.

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On 2013-08-29 17:57, rpanes wrote:
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> I had the same problem, and I reported the bug.
> They told me to upgraded to 0.14.1, which I did, and the problem was
> solved.

I have “shotwell-0.14.1-68.2.x86_64” and my problem was not solved.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)