limit on number of thumbnails in fileaway

There is no limit in the code whatsoever. If it’s not creating thumbs past that, it may be a server issue or I dunno an issue with some of the images themselves. If the images are really big, the server will time out at some point. Normally just refreshing the page will keep generating new ones that haven’t been created yet.

This is the message I get:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 157286400 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 47724 bytes) in /home1/??????/public_html/PhotoArchive/wp-content/plugins/file-away/lib/cls/class.fileaway_utility.php on line 416

I have raised the memory limit in the php.ini by an enormous amount, but only 32 thumbnails get generated

The files are all about the same size (~ 10 MB or less). It seems to have something to do with 32.

32 new ones each time?

No, it’s just the first 32: Image01 … Image 32. I’m trying to create a table from 64 images.

If you have it on permanent thumbnails, it shouldn’t be recreating the same 32 every time. It should be skipping the ones already created.

So either something is messed up with your paths and File Away can’t find the ones already created, or some other weird thing is happening.

Try moving those 32 images temporarily to another directory, see if it creates the rest.

I’m moving the first 32 files and thumbnails to another directory. Then I’ll try again. Sorry I’m slow.

No prob. I just want to see if it’s an issue with the next set of images (maybe #33, for instance), or what. Just a troubleshooting strategy.

The directory now only has Image 33-64. All the other images and thumbs have been moved. I still get a similar message

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 157286400 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 11931 bytes) in /home1/??????/public_html/PhotoArchive/wp-content/plugins/file-away/lib/cls/class.fileaway_utility.php on line 416

no thumbs generated

Try moving 33-38 out of the folder. See if they generate now. It seems to me like it’s an issue with a specific image that’s causing the server to time out. Keep widdling them down until you find the one that’s stopping the server.

Moved 33-38. Same error

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 157286400 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 57316 bytes) in /home1/????/public_html/PhotoArchive/wp-content/plugins/file-away/lib/cls/class.fileaway_utility.php on line 416

No thumbs generated

So Jim discovered that the server wasn’t able to handle panorama photos with high pixel density. The solution we came up with was to generate his own thumbnails in Lightroom and upload them using File Away’s thumbnail naming conventions. When File Away finds that the thumbs already exist, it doesn’t try to create them.