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JulieEdwards
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April 13, 2022
Question

Slow reading XMP metadata

  • April 13, 2022
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In grid view, selecting multiple photos (maybe over 50) and using "Read Metadata from Files" is magnitudes slower than previous releases.

 

(Writing metadata is very fast)

 

During the process - if running only lightroom - system memory is hogged (16GB system running down to 19/20 MB) In previous releases (pre 11) this was not an issue. I have been working , editing metadata outside LR this way for many years.

Current preferences:
Save XMP as changes made disabed.
Write metadata to JPG/TIF/PSD etc enabled
Mac system. Macbook Pr. OS Montery - fully updated. 4K HDR monitor. Data sored on fast thunderbolt drives.


metadata is being written form photomechanic.

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    Rick23156923q8bx
    Participant
    October 6, 2022

    Same problem for me—painfully slow—trying to read in the xmp side car metadata for a few thousand files will run the entire night and still not be done.

    Lightroom Classic version: 11.3.1 [ 202204181225-f90ebff5 ]
    License: Creative Cloud
    Language setting: en-US
    Operating system: Mac OS 12
    Version: 12.6.0 [21G115]
    Application architecture: x64
    Logical processor count: 8
    Processor speed: 2.0GHz
    SqLite Version: 3.36.0
    Built-in memory: 16,384.0 MB
    Real memory available to Lightroom: 16,384.0 MB
    Real memory used by Lightroom: 2,188.0 MB (13.3%)
    Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 45,504.5 MB
    Memory cache size: 3,719.6MB
    Internal Camera Raw version: 14.3 [ 1072 ]
    Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
    Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
    Camera Raw virtual memory: 512MB / 8191MB (6%)
    Camera Raw real memory: 514MB / 16384MB (3%)
    Displays: 1) 2880x1800, 2) 3840x2160

    Graphics Processor Info:
    Metal: Intel(R) Iris(TM) Plus Graphics

     

    Application folder: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic
    Library Path: /Users/roverso/Documents/Oversteger Lightroom Catalog/Photo_Catalog_Master_Oversteger-v11.lrcat
    Settings Folder: /Users/roverso/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

    Installed Plugins:
    1) jf Creative Commons
    2) jf Flickr
    3) jf Geocoding Support
    4) jf Metadata Viewer

    Config.lua flags: None

    DdeGannes
    Community Expert
    DdeGannesCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 6, 2022

    Update LrC to 11.5, which is the latest version.

     

    Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
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      Rick23156923q8bx
      Participant
      October 11, 2022

      Thanks for the recommendation! That didn't help the situation unfortunately. This has been an issue for at least several versions and maybe much further back as far as I know.

        Up in the Air Films
        Up in the Air Films
        Participant
        June 23, 2022

        I have been experiencing this exact issue! I'm using AfterShoot to cull then when I go back to lightroom its takes hours to read XMP files for 5500k images. In the past, this process was a few minutes. What's going on Adobe?

        Ken Pimontel
        Ken Pimontel
        Participating Frequently
        July 24, 2022

        Yes, I can confirm. Feels like a bug to me. I get about 0 minutes to write 400 10KB files and about the same time to read them from disk on a Mac Studio. Please fix this.

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          edltphoto
          Participant
          June 6, 2022

          Having the same issue here with 11.3 and 11.3.1 except I'm using Aftershoot.

          tristans73977809
          tristans73977809
          Participant
          April 16, 2022

          I'm having a similar issue: takes more than one hour to read XMP data from 143 photos and 3 minutes to open an image in an external editor (Edit in ...) for exporting the file, then it takes about 30 seconds to star the image. During that time, the CPU load is 100% and the computer fans get to maximum speed. This started with the release of Lightroom Classic 11.3. System info below; currently it's unusable.

           

          Lightroom Classic version: 11.3 [ 202204051513-7a25c809 ]
          License: Creative Cloud
          Language setting: en-LU
          Operating system: Mac OS 12
          Version: 12.3.1 [21E258]
          Application architecture: x64
          Logical processor count: 16
          Processor speed: 2.3GHz
          SqLite Version: 3.36.0
          Built-in memory: 32,768.0 MB
          Real memory available to Lightroom: 32,768.0 MB
          Real memory used by Lightroom: 14,208.8 MB (43.3%)
          Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 87,734.6 MB
          Memory cache size: 2,360.8MB
          Internal Camera Raw version: 14.3 [ 1072 ]
          Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
          Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
          Camera Raw virtual memory: 704MB / 16383MB (4%)
          Camera Raw real memory: 715MB / 32768MB (2%)
          Displays: 1) 3584x2240

          Graphics Processor Info:
          Metal: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

           

          Application folder: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic
          Library Path: /Users/kewl/Pictures/Lightroom/Lightroom Catalog/Lightroom Catalog.lrcat
          Settings Folder: /Users/kewl/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

          Installed Plugins:
          1) AdobeStock
          2) Aurora HDR 2019
          3) DxO PhotoLab 2
          4) DxO PhotoLab 2 Importer
          5) Export to Autopano Giga 4.2
          6) Facebook
          7) Flickr
          😎 HDR Efex Pro 2
          9) LRT Export 4
          10) Luminar 4
          11) Luminar AI
          12) Luminar Neo
          13) Nikon Tether Plugin

          Config.lua flags: None

            johnrellis
            johnrellis
            Legend
            April 13, 2022

            Which version of LR are you running?  (Do Help > System Info.)

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            JulieEdwardsAuthor
            Known Participant
            April 14, 2022

            Lightroom Classic version: 11.3 [ 202204051513-7a25c809 ]
            License: Creative Cloud
            Language setting: en-GB
            Operating system: Mac OS 12
            Version: 12.3.1 [21E258]
            Application architecture: x64
            Logical processor count: 8
            Processor speed: 2.8GHz
            SqLite Version: 3.36.0
            Built-in memory: 16,384.0 MB
            Real memory available to Lightroom: 16,384.0 MB
            Real memory used by Lightroom: 1,991.8 MB (12.1%)
            Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 75,177.5 MB
            Memory cache size: 156.5MB
            Internal Camera Raw version: 14.3 [ 1072 ]
            Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
            Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
            Camera Raw virtual memory: 0MB / 8191MB (0%)
            Camera Raw real memory: 1MB / 16384MB (0%)
            Displays: 1) 3840x2160

            Graphics Processor Info:
            Metal: AMD Radeon Pro 555

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            JulieEdwardsAuthor
            Known Participant
            April 13, 2022

            Additionally - trying to view / edit the meta data panel of any other photo while this process is running is impossible. Keywords pane just displays "working"

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