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Dominique34640251og3v
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June 24, 2024
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Problem ExtractPreviews on Lightroom classic 13.3

  • June 24, 2024
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Hello,

Since the new update Lightroom classic 13.3, the script ExtractPreviews doesn't work. I have put the new ExtractPreviews.lua, but I have always the same message : "Failed to extrac or write the preview for x photos - this may be because no preview was available or an error occured while writing the preview to the destination".

Have you a resolution ?

Thanks'

Correct answer Dominique34640251og3v

Thank's to all,

The problem is solved. In reality, the script ExtractPreviews.lua, in the french version on adobe site, is wrong. I have loaded the script on the US version, and now it is working !

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johnrellis
johnrellis
Legend
November 24, 2024

It looks like the ExtractPreviews script wasn't actually updated to handle the new preview-cache format introduced in LR 13.3. I filed a bug report:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/extractpreviews-script-in-help-article-always-fails/idi-p/15000436

 

As a workaround, try this plugin, which is much more capable:

https://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/preview-extraction

johnrellis
johnrellis
Legend
November 28, 2024

Adobe responded quickly and fixed the ExtractPreviews script for LR 13.3 and later:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-extractpreviews-script-in-help-article-always-fails/idc-p/15008100#M58613

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    Dominique34640251og3vAuthorCorrect answer
    Participant
    July 3, 2024

    Thank's to all,

    The problem is solved. In reality, the script ExtractPreviews.lua, in the french version on adobe site, is wrong. I have loaded the script on the US version, and now it is working !

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      Adobe Employee
      GauravBishtji
      Adobe Employee
      November 19, 2024

      Could you please share the US version of the script? Thanks. 

        johnrellis
        johnrellis
        Legend
        June 24, 2024

        LR 13.3 changed how it stored previews in the catalog folder. Have you updated to the most recent version of the script that Adobe claims works with LR 13.3?

        https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/extract-previews-for-lost-images-lightroom.html 

         

        Also, this plugin has been updated to work with LR 13.3:

        https://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/preview-extraction 

         

        The plugin provides more capabilities than the Adobe script.

        johnrellis
        johnrellis
        Legend
        June 24, 2024

        To clarify: You did say "I have put the new ExtractPreviews.lua". But double-check by deleting the current ExtractPreviews.lua from the Scripts folder, redownloading it from the Adobe Help page, and copying it to the Scripts folder. Then restart LR.  Just now I was able to use the script to extract a couple hundred previews.

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