Hi,
I have an issue with LRT6 Pro where LRT6 won't charge an image sequence from a folder.
It can be a previously LRT edited image sequence folder or a fresh new one, It will simply not load anything nor allows me to initialise preview etc.
It happens only on certain folders for unknown reasons, I have a bunch of unedited or edited folder from past work that are loading fine, same location.

I tried to:
- Update LRT
- Delete all the XMP files from previous edit
- Initialise all the setting from Lightroom on the images
- Rename and relocate the folder
- Delete LRT editing

None of those steps solved the issue.

Any idea ?
Thanks

If you are on a Mac: make sure to provide full disk access, as explained here.
If you are on windows: make sure to not have any virus scanner blocking LRTimelapse's disk access. Best whitelist the folder C:\Program Files\LRTimelapse 6 in your virus scanner (best would be to use only Windows Defender).

If this doesn't help, could you please try again to open one of these folder and if it doesn't load, post the log file (info menu / show log).

This post was last modified: 2022-07-29, 00:54 by Gunther.

Code:

2022-07-28 17:42:54 [INF] --- Loading directory: /Volumes/MG_PHOTO_2/_RAW/2021-Aerien_timelapse/2021-06-02-mtl_oratoire_st_joseph_tl/timelapse_02
2022-07-28 17:42:54 [DEB] Loading sequence properties from /Volumes/MG_PHOTO_2/_RAW/2021-Aerien_timelapse/2021-06-02-mtl_oratoire_st_joseph_tl/timelapse_02/.lrt/lrtsequence.properties
2022-07-28 17:42:54 [DEB] Launched Folder Loader worker with 10 threads.
2022-07-28 17:42:54 [DEB] Backup Snapshot "MASKS_1" already exists, skipping backup.
2022-07-28 17:42:54 [ERR] Could not merge XMP, creating fresh xmp.
XML parsing failure
dIa.e(jvc:364)
dIa.e(jvc:14)
dIa.e(jvc:169)
dIa.e(jvc:168)
dJa.e(nzc:119)
dJa.e(nzc:227)
lrtimelapse.photo.nul.e(zkb:4131)
lrtimelapse.photo.nul.e(zkb:1584)
lrtimelapse.photo.nul.A(zkb:1711)
lrtimelapse.LRTimelapseMain.e(bac:3048)
lrtimelapse.LRTimelapseMain.g(bac:2028)
lrtimelapse.COm4.g(jwb:7809)
lrtimelapse.COm4.doInBackground(jwb:12345)
java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(SwingWorker.java:304)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(SwingWorker.java:343)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
2022-07-28 17:42:54 [DEB] Finished loading XMP data in 0 sec.
2022-07-28 17:42:54 [DEB] EMPTY sequence with 0 images loaded.
2022-07-28 17:42:54 [ERR] Couldn't load directory.
Cannot invoke "java.util.Hashtable.size()" because "a.La" is null
lrtimelapse.photo.nul.e(zkb:1772)
lrtimelapse.photo.nul.A(zkb:1711)
lrtimelapse.LRTimelapseMain.e(bac:3048)
lrtimelapse.LRTimelapseMain.g(bac:2028)
lrtimelapse.COm4.g(jwb:7809)
lrtimelapse.COm4.doInBackground(jwb:12345)
java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(SwingWorker.java:304)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(SwingWorker.java:343)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
2022-07-28 17:42:54 [DEB] Launched Camera Previews Loader worker with 10 threads.

Since you crippled the log file, I still don't know on which system you are etc. Could you please send the full log file.

This post was last modified: 2022-07-29, 01:00 by Gunther.

What kind of images are those? Do they already have XMP files? If so, please close LRT, delete all XMP files from the folder and then try again loading the folder into LRT.
If those are DNG files, reset all developments in Lightroom, then select the whole folder in Grid View and doe Metadata / Save Metadata to files.

Something is wrong with the metadata of those images. If they are DNG files (again, I can't tell because of the incomplete log) deleting XMP won't be enough because Lightroom writes XMP data inside the DNG files.

Hi Gunther,
Thanks for your quick answer.
Please find below a full log info.
As mentioned in my original post, I already tested all the suggested steps.
The images concerned are DNG files, I already tried to delete all the XMP, reset all the development from Lightroom was well as deleted all LRT editing. I also tried to move the DNG file to a new folder to start the process from scratch. Unfortunately nothing worked.

Those sequence as been previously edited with LRT without any issue. I have multiple scenes shot at the same time, already edited with LRT, some are opening fine, some other have this issue, I can't pinpoint any common parameter that would explain the issue.



2022-07-29 09:20:03 [DEB] Created Log file: /Users/martin_studio/Documents/LRTimelapse
2022-07-29 09:20:03 [INF] Reading settings from /Users/martin_studio/Library/Application Support/LRTimelapse/LRTimelapse.config
2022-07-29 09:20:03 [INF] LRTimelapse 6.0.6 (2022-06-07)) Build 799
2022-07-29 09:20:03 [INF] © 2022 Gunther Wegner
2022-07-29 09:20:03 [INF] https://lrtimelapse.com
2022-07-29 09:20:03 [INF] Java version: 17.0.1 (64bit) from Oracle Corporation
2022-07-29 09:20:03 [INF] Running on: Mac OS X locale: fr_CA
2022-07-29 09:20:03 [INF] Running on Mac Silicon.
2022-07-29 09:20:03 [INF] OS Version: 12.4
2022-07-29 09:20:03 [INF] Java runtime: 64 bit
2022-07-29 09:20:03 [INF] Found 10 processor cores.
2022-07-29 09:20:04 [INF] Licensed to: Martin Gros, ************************
2022-07-29 09:20:04 [DEB] Registered Tiff-Reader: com.sun.imageio.plugins.tiff.TIFFImageReader@5a411614
2022-07-29 09:20:04 [DEB] Registered Tiff-Reader: com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.plugins.tiff.TIFFImageReader@32c8e539
2022-07-29 09:20:04 [DEB] Loading UI Ressources...
2022-07-29 09:20:05 [DEB] Done loading UI Ressources.
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Launched LRTExport worker with 10 threads.
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Launched Batch Processing worker with 10 threads.
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [INF] Loading directory structure
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Initializing directory chooser
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Start path: /Volumes/MG_PHOTO_2/_RAW/2021-Aerien_timelapse/2021-06-02-mtl_oratoire_st_joseph_tl/timelapse_02
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Building user interface
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Building Table
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Setting header renderer
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Register cell editing
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Updating column widths
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Create table popup
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Enabling drag-drop
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Done creating UI
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Creating UI-bindings...
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Preview Color Management not activated. You can activate it in the Settings.
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Launched Visual Previews worker with 10 threads.
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Checking for render tasks in: /Users/martin_studio/Documents/LRTimelapse/LRTInterface.txt
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [INF] Detected 1 screen:
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [INF] Screen 1: 2560 1440
2022-07-29 09:20:06 [DEB] Setting window position
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] Starting version check...
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] Showing UI
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] Initializing import dialog...
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] ExifTool installed, version 12.41
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] Launching 2 instances of ExifTool
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] /usr/local/LRTimelapse/exiftool
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] Successfully launched ExifTool Pool.
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] DNG Converter available: /Applications/Adobe DNG Converter.app
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] MPEG Encoder available: /usr/local/LRTimelapse/ffmpeg-silicon
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] Cleaning up temp dir
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] Using temp-dir: /var/folders/dm/xxct5_4j5rb6zkxrss58s5vh0000gn/T/lrt_7220185634628881012
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] Using 10 threads for Visual Previews.
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] Using 10 threads for Internal Export.
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] Using 2 threads for ExifTool.
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [INF] Locating last selected folder...
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [INF] ...done locating last selected folder.
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [DEB] ...done initializing import dialog.
2022-07-29 09:20:07 [INF] Latest Version of LRTimelapse: 6.0.6 (2022-06-07), installed Version: 6.0.6 (2022-06-07))
2022-07-29 09:20:10 [DEB] Installed Version of Adobe DNG converter: 14.3 (14030000)
2022-07-29 09:20:10 [DEB] Latest Version of Adobe DNG Converter: 14.3.0 (14030000)
2022-07-29 09:20:10 [DEB] Memory: [max|52448] [used|315] [free|52133]
2022-07-29 09:20:11 [INF] --- Loading directory: /Volumes/MG_PHOTO_2/_RAW/2021-Aerien_timelapse/2021-06-02-mtl_oratoire_st_joseph_tl/timelapse_02
2022-07-29 09:20:11 [DEB] Loading sequence properties from /Volumes/MG_PHOTO_2/_RAW/2021-Aerien_timelapse/2021-06-02-mtl_oratoire_st_joseph_tl/timelapse_02/.lrt/lrtsequence.properties
2022-07-29 09:20:11 [DEB] Launched Folder Loader worker with 10 threads.
2022-07-29 09:20:11 [DEB] Backup Snapshot "MASKS_1" already exists, skipping backup.
2022-07-29 09:20:12 [ERR] Could not merge XMP, creating fresh xmp.
XML parsing failure
dIa.e(jvc:364)
dIa.e(jvc:14)
dIa.e(jvc:169)
dIa.e(jvc:168)
dJa.e(nzc:119)
dJa.e(nzc:227)
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lrtimelapse.photo.nul.A(zkb:1711)
lrtimelapse.LRTimelapseMain.e(bac:3048)
lrtimelapse.LRTimelapseMain.g(bac:2028)
lrtimelapse.COm4.g(jwb:7809)
lrtimelapse.COm4.doInBackground(jwb:12345)
java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(SwingWorker.java:304)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(SwingWorker.java:343)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
2022-07-29 09:20:12 [DEB] Finished loading XMP data in 0 sec.
2022-07-29 09:20:12 [DEB] EMPTY sequence with 0 images loaded.
2022-07-29 09:20:12 [ERR] Couldn't load directory.
Cannot invoke "java.util.Hashtable.size()" because "a.La" is null
lrtimelapse.photo.nul.e(zkb:1772)
lrtimelapse.photo.nul.A(zkb:1711)
lrtimelapse.LRTimelapseMain.e(bac:3048)
lrtimelapse.LRTimelapseMain.g(bac:2028)
lrtimelapse.COm4.g(jwb:7809)
lrtimelapse.COm4.doInBackground(jwb:12345)
java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(SwingWorker.java:304)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(SwingWorker.java:343)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
2022-07-29 09:20:12 [DEB] Launched Camera Previews Loader worker with 10 threads.

Those photos seem to have been developed with an older Lightroom Version (Gradients instead of masks) and the conversion fails.
Could you please put 5 images (if there are XMP files in the folder, add the XMP files for those 5 images too) of one of those sequences into a zip file and send it to me via https://fromsmash.com/ to support@lrtimelapse.com

Also let me know: which Lightroom version are you using?

After sending the files try the following:
- Close LRTimelapse.
- Reset the Lightroom development properties and Save Metadata for ALL IMAGES, like this:
- In Lightroom go to Grid View (G), select all images (CMD-A) then press CMD-SHIFT-R to reset all developments.
- Now press CMD-S to save Metadata of this sequence.

Now open a finder for the folder and delete all XMP files.

Then open LRT and load the sequence.
Let me know, if this helps.