Hello,

I'd not used LRT for a while. But for the last timelapse I shooted last month, I can't even start the process.

When I choose one directory where I've located photos, it first loads the file list while displaying "Loading directory" in the progress bar, then it displays "Loading Exif data... T-[00:00]" in the progress bar, but doesn't do anything more... with a very low CPU load (<1%). No crash, no error message or warning but no progression at all for hours.

I've already tried to run it as administrator, I've tried to process files in another directory, on another drive -> same behavior
I've tried to uninstall and reinstall LRT 5.8 -> same behavior

Using a Ryzen 3600 CPU with Win 11.

Anyone has an idea on what's going on and how to solve that ?

Thank you you in advance for any help you could give.

Can you provide the log please?

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Please note that version 5 has been out of support since quite a while.

LRTimelapse 6 is the current and maintained version which runs much faster, adds a simplified internal Workflow, is tested with the latest version of MacOS, Windows and Lightroom Classic. It also brings a native version for Mac Silicon (M1,M2,M3), many improvements to the workflow and new features.

Here's what's new in version 6: https://lrtimelapse.com/news/lrtimelapse-6/
Just recently there was an update to 6.5: https://lrtimelapse.com/news/lrtimelapse...new-video/

Currently you can get a discounted upgrade to LRT6, get the upgrade here: https://lrtimelapse.com/upgrade/

Here it is (just deleted private information) :

Support request from xxx
License for: LRTimelapse 5, License type: private, Payment reference: xxx, Valid until: Unlimited for LRT 5.x

[2024-04-24 19:36:30] INFO: Log file was created at: D:\Documents\LRTimelapse\LRTimelapse.log
[2024-04-24 19:36:30] INFO: Documents folder at: D:\Documents
[2024-04-24 19:36:30] DEBUG: Loading settings from C:\Users\flopi\AppData\Roaming\LRTimelapse\user.props
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] INFO: LRTimelapse 5.8 (2021-12-18) Build 725
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] INFO: © 2024 Gunther Wegner
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] INFO: https://lrtimelapse.com
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] INFO: Java version: 16.0.1 (64bit) from AdoptOpenJDK
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] INFO: Running on: Windows 10 locale: fr_FR
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] INFO: Windows architecture: 64 bit
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] INFO: OS Version: 10.0
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] INFO: Found 12 processor cores.
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] INFO: Java runtime: 64 bit
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] INFO: Licensed to: Florent xxx - Private License.
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] DEBUG: Registered Tiff-Reader: com.sun.imageio.plugins.tiff.TIFFImageReader@f74e835
[2024-04-24 19:36:31] DEBUG: Registered Tiff-Reader: com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.plugins.tiff.TIFFImageReader@267f474e
[2024-04-24 19:36:33] DEBUG: Launched worker with 12 threads.
[2024-04-24 19:36:34] INFO: Loading directory structure
[2024-04-24 19:36:34] DEBUG: Initializing directory chooser
[2024-04-24 19:36:34] DEBUG: Start path: Q:\2024-03-24
[2024-04-24 19:36:34] DEBUG: Building user interface
[2024-04-24 19:36:34] DEBUG: UI scaling factor: null
[2024-04-24 19:36:34] DEBUG: Building Table
[2024-04-24 19:36:34] DEBUG: Setting header renderer
[2024-04-24 19:36:34] DEBUG: Register cell editing
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Updating column widths
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Create table popup
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Enabling drag-drop
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Done creating UI
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Creating UI-bindings...
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Preview Color Management activated.
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Loading sRGB profile: C:\Program Files\LRTimelapse 5\profiles\sRGB.icc
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Loading Rec.2020 profile: C:\Program Files\LRTimelapse 5\profiles\REC2020.icc
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Loading Monitor profile: C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color\CS240(35831085)06CAL2.icc
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Launched worker with 12 threads.
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Checking for render tasks in: D:\Documents\LRTimelapse\LRTInterface.txt
[2024-04-24 19:36:35] DEBUG: Launching ExifTool: C:\Exiftool\exiftool(-k).exe
[2024-04-24 19:36:36] INFO: ExifTool: 12.54
[2024-04-24 19:36:36] DEBUG: Exif Tool available.
[2024-04-24 19:36:36] DEBUG: Using 64bit DNG Converter in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe DNG Converter\Adobe DNG Converter.exe
[2024-04-24 19:36:36] DEBUG: DNG Converter available.
[2024-04-24 19:36:36] DEBUG: MPEG Encoder available.
[2024-04-24 19:36:36] INFO: Detected 1 screen:
[2024-04-24 19:36:36] INFO: Screen 1: 1920 1200
[2024-04-24 19:36:36] DEBUG: Setting window position
[2024-04-24 19:36:37] DEBUG: Starting version check...
[2024-04-24 19:36:37] DEBUG: Showing UI
[2024-04-24 19:36:37] DEBUG: Initializing import dialog...
[2024-04-24 19:36:37] DEBUG: Cleaning up temp dir
[2024-04-24 19:36:37] DEBUG: Using temp-dir: C:\Users\flopi\AppData\Local\Temp\lrt_5296275303105457717
[2024-04-24 19:36:37] INFO: Locating last selected folder...
[2024-04-24 19:36:37] INFO: Latest Version of LRTimelapse: 5.8.0 (2021-12-18), installed Version: 5.8 (2021-12-18)
[2024-04-24 19:36:37] INFO: ...done locating last selected folder.
[2024-04-24 19:36:38] DEBUG: Latest Version of Adobe DNG Converter: 14.1.0 (14010000) Installed Version: 15.1.1 (15010100)
[2024-04-24 19:36:38] DEBUG: Memory: [max|21120] [used|883] [free|20237]
[2024-04-24 19:36:39] DEBUG: ...done initializing import dialog.
[2024-04-24 19:38:20] INFO: --- Loading directory: Q:\2024-03-24
[2024-04-24 19:38:20] DEBUG: Loading sequence properties from Q:\2024-03-24\.lrt\lrtsequence.properties
[2024-04-24 19:38:20] DEBUG: Backup Snapshot "MASKS_1" already exists, skipping backup.
[2024-04-24 19:38:24] DEBUG: Finished loading XMP data in 3 sec.
[2024-04-24 19:38:24] DEBUG: CR2 sequence with 298 images loaded.
[2024-04-24 19:38:24] DEBUG: Memory: [max|21120] [used|1019] [free|20101]
[2024-04-24 19:38:24] DEBUG: Buffer size for ExifTool: 29

There is no errors in the log.
Try to delete the lrtimelapse settings file (while LRT is closed) and see if that helps.
C:\Users\flopi\AppData\Roaming\LRTimelapse\user.props

If the problem persists, please upgrade to LRT 6, you can test if ieverything works with the free evaluation version.

Many thanks Gunther.
There was obbiously something wrong with the settings file.
It works great now !