[Leica] Using LR..... Questions..... Final Outcome.......

[Frank Filippone]

Some may remember my questions about using LR. they follow..

 

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Scenario #1...  I am on a trip.  I have a PC with me.  I take images and
wish to review them and sort out the bad ones in LR CC while on the road.
The images will be located on a USB HDD ( Downloaded from the SD Card.)
When I get home I wish to merge them into my master file on my desktop PC
with all edits intact.  ( I think this is what the merge catalog function is
used for.?).

 

Scenario #2 ( and not mutually exclusive to the first scenario...)  I am
home.  My PC  computer is on a home WIFI network, located in my office.  All
my images are on that computer.  I have a backup USB HDD with the same
images on it that I COULD use.  I wish to edit my images from a Laptop ( PC)
in another room in the house.  Same questions.. How do I best access the
images from a remote location?  What files must I access to make this
scenario work?  Ideally, I should be modifying the file on the office
computer so that I really only have 1 set of files in play.  I COULD use the
external USB HDD if required as a temporary vehicle.. But this is less than
ideal.

First scenario  is no problem works like it is supposed to..

 

Second Scenario is different...

I got a bunch of responses.. Mostly made me not to worry, it would work...
So I went and bought a Dell Laptop.

 

Went through setup routine, added LRCC and PSCC.  Got the Windows 10 Network
up and running.. I could SEE those files remotely.

OK.. all looks good.. And opened LRCC  up on the Laptop, pointed to the
correct location on the office computer,,,,,,,'

 

Remember, I wanted to use a single catalog file fromn wherever I was..
Office (desktop) or living room (laptop)..   No copying files back and
forth...no synchronizing problems.

 

And then there was the dreaded announcement that LR would NOT talk over a
network.. Nope.  NADA.

Tried a few workarounds, or so I hoped, NADA

Went online to Google the problem.. No one else has been able to get it to
work...   NADA

 

Those of you that make it work are using some form of localized LR Catalog
and image HDD to make it work.  Basically, a USB HDD, when connected to the
laptop, is considered a local drive and LRCC will work fine with that...
Just not with the exact same info located on another computer..

 

I wrote a script to copy the files to a portable USB Drive, will use THAT to
play "sneaker-NET" with the files, then copy the changed catalog plus new
sidecar files and new images back to the desktop ... erasing the deleted
ones in the process.  Basically my portable USB HDD, that I thought would be
used as a backup, is now my "sneaker-net" HDD...  and requires synching in
BOTH directions.  After each use...!

 

So for those of you out there that want to do the same thing ( keep all your
files on your Desktop and edit them on your Laptop ( or room A and room B),
here is the definitive response...

 

It does not work.  You MUST HAVE local image files ( I think) and catalogs
(positive about this.).  Period.  ( For now)...

 

Note: Windows 10, LRCC 

You MAC guys need to figure it out for yourselves..

Frank Filippone

Red735i at verizon.net