P: Some Smart Previews were not built

Why topics get merged: 

https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/lightroom-classic/lightroom-auto-import-to-folders-organized-by-date/5f5f44f14b561a3d422ab0ba?commentId=5f5f48984b561a3d422bdf45 

I’ve just upgraded Lightroom Classic on my Windows 10 PC to Version 10.0. Now it fails to create Smart Previews when importing images. It does however successfully create Smart Previews if I select an imported image an request it to create one. I have tried removing the SmartPreviews.lrdata folder as suggested in earlier thread and same problem exists.

My workflow: I transfer images from camera to the computer using Nikon Transfer 2 and the import them to the library on the PC, converting them to DNG & building Smart Photos, using Lightroom.

Help Welcome..

@joon I merged you post to a similar thread

The same here... 😞

I'm having the same problem after upgrading as well.  Same settings as Mayuri_Jain

Richard

H, I am having the same issue about the Smart Preview not building. In addition, I am getting a warning which tells me that "some files could not be renamed" and I am left with a mishmash of files names, some in the correct sequence I have preset in LR but others still with the unchanged camera file name. I am left feeling very uneasy about what is going on in the background! EEEEEKKKKK!

I am having the same issue on windows 10. any ideas. 

Lightroom Classic version: 10.0 [ 202010011851-ef6045e0 ]
License: Creative Cloud
Language setting: en
Operating system: Windows 10 - Home Premium Edition
Version: 10.0.18363
Application architecture: x64
System architecture: x64
Logical processor count: 24
Processor speed: 3.0 GHz
SqLite Version: 3.30.1
Built-in memory: 16320.9 MB
Real memory available to Lightroom: 16320.9 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 713.4 MB (4.3%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 886.4 MB
GDI objects count: 611
USER objects count: 1882
Process handles count: 1582
Memory cache size: 100.0MB
Internal Camera Raw version: 13.0 [ 610 ]
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
Camera Raw virtual memory: 34MB / 8160MB (0%)
Camera Raw real memory: 35MB / 16320MB (0%)
System DPI setting: 96 DPI
Desktop composition enabled: Yes
Displays: 1) 2560x1440
Input types: Multitouch: No, Integrated touch: No, Integrated pen: Yes, External touch: No, External pen: No, Keyboard: No

Graphics Processor Info: 
DirectX: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (27.21.14.5148)

Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic
Library Path: C:\Users\dave3\Pictures\Lightroom\Lightroom Catalog-v10.lrcat
Settings Folder: C:\Users\dave3\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom

Installed Plugins: 
1) AdobeStock
2) Facebook
3) Flickr
4) Nikon Tether Plugin

Short summary on my problem:

I just upgraded my Lightroom Classic v6 to v10 (on Windows 10). When I'm importing now new photos, I get this error: "Some Smart Previews were not built. Photos failed to build."

On my import I use "Copy as DNG" with the options

• Previews:  1:1
• Build Smart Previews
• Develop Settings:  <my own>
• Metadata: <my own>

My system info can be found in this linked thread above

Hi, this seems to be the same problem I'm having on Windows:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/error-generating-smart-previews-on-import/m-p/11552258?page=1

(System Info in this thread)

Michael

1. Import source: SD card

2. Destination: internal SSD for Macbook Air, internal SSD for iMac.

3. Import panel settings: 1:1 preview, copy as DNG

I have used these settings years until I upgraded to LR Classic 2021 in both devices.