Catalog conversion fails from PSE2018 to PSE2022

Hi @Philipp250577008fzm 

The log file suggests that the issue is with:

"Clearing of Face Data

The database file is corrupt."

So, my guess is that the corruption is in the sqlite database 'FaceAnalysis.cache' in the 'FaceAnalysis' subfolder in your catalog folder.

I can''t check it myself since I never use face recognition, but I can imagine that the 'repair' step you have attempted deals with the main sqlite database 'catalog.pse16db' which is not corrupt. There are other sqlite databases in your main catalog: the thumbnail cache and the FaceAnalysis cache.

I have no inside info about how the 'repair' command works internally, but it's possible to use an sqlite utitility to ask the database engine to attempt the repair (just a guess).

What you can do without risk to troubleshoot the issue and confirm the face analysis corruption would be to get back to the original PSE2018 catalog and to create a copy of the catalog. Open that catalog and in the preferences, Media Analysis... Reset Face Analysis. You'll lose face analysis for the catalog copy, but the conversion might work like in the other post you mentionned about deleting the thumbnail cache.

I have doubts about the ability of the 'repair' function to solve corruption issues with accessory sqlite databases in the catalog.