gPhoto Changelog

What's new in gPhoto 2.5.6

Dec 30, 2014
  • --wait-event-and-download can now wait for strings
  • --wait-event=CAPTURECOMPLETE
  • --wait-event=FILEADDED --wait-event="Property 5001"
  • updated translations: french, ukrainian, dutch, polish, russian, vietnamese, hungarian, serbian

New in gPhoto 2.5.5 (Aug 18, 2014)

  • manpage updated
  • updated translations
  • bugfix for DST usage in handling date/time widgets
  • adjusted wait time heuristics after capture
  • --debug-loglevel=(debug|verbose|data|all) option added to select debug verbosity
  • fixed --filename with cross-device usage

New in gPhoto 2.5.4 (Mar 28, 2014)

  • --skip-existing option that skips if a local file would already exist
  • %F for foldername inclusion added to format strings for --filename
  • add the commandline arguments to the debug log

New in gPhoto 2.5.2 (May 7, 2013)

  • new --reset option to reset usb devices.
  • using --filename, if the camera reports 1. Jan 1970, fall back to use the current date/time.
  • translations updated: french, polish, vietnamese, russian, simplified chinese, danish

New in gPhoto 2.5.1.1 (Jan 29, 2013)

  • Fixed some C89 portability issues.
  • Eliminated some compiler warnings, fixing a couple of small bugs in the process.

New in gPhoto 2.5.1 (Jan 28, 2013)

  • Fixed that the meaning of --keep and --no-keep was switched.
  • Allow passing absolute filenames to -p, -d, -r/--rmdir, -m/--mkdir, -t, --show-info, --get-metadata, get-raw-data, --get-audio-data.

New in gPhoto 2.5.0 (Jul 10, 2012)

  • Added "--keep" and "--no-keep" options for capture tethered and capture image.
  • New --list-all-config gives the full config tree.

New in gPhoto 2.4.12 (Jan 25, 2012)

  • Fixed a buffer overflow in the AOX driver that would occur when fewer than 15 pictures were on the camera.

New in gPhoto 2.4.10.1 (Aug 23, 2010)

  • translations:
  • libgphoto2_port updated: russian, slovakian
  • libgphoto2 updated: italian, polish, russian
  • sts2205:
  • Fix build without GD development headers due to stray ;
  • ptp2:
  • linear backoff waiting for Nikon events to reduce load
  • ptpip senddata fix (was broken before)
  • be more careful with USB interrupt checks on MacOS X, as they do
  • not timeout currently.

New in gPhoto 2.4.10 (Aug 16, 2010)

  • Event loop handling non-waitevent able cameras.
  • capture-movie (optional arguments: frames, or seconds)
  • now loops over preview capture as fast as possible
  • and writes the frames continously.
  • The resulting file is "MotionJPEG" and can be postprocessed
  • or displayed (by mplayer).
  • Also output to stdout is possible for pipeing like:
  • gphoto2 --stdout --capture-movie | someotherprogram

New in gPhoto 2.4.9 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Capture main event loop rewritten to always use wait event
  • to also support multiple image captures. (JPEG+RAW)
  • Fixed various bugs and memory leaks.
  • Translation updates.

New in gPhoto 2.4.8 (Feb 9, 2010)

  • Output CAPTURECOMPLETE on waitevent
  • On --filename "foo/bar/berk.jpg" create subdirectories if
  • not yet present.
  • New shell command:
  • capture-preview
  • Added Bulb Mode in interval capture with -B / --bulb

New in gPhoto 2.4.7 (Sep 17, 2009)

  • New --wait-event-and-download commandline option.
  • capture-tethered and --wait-event-and-download take optional
  • counts or seconds, default is infinite waiting.

New in gPhoto 2.4.6 (May 18, 2009)

  • PTP2 driver:
  • Fixed Nikon DSLR capture in LiveView mode (like gtkam uses).
  • More Canon EOS stuff decoded, added experimental "capturetarget" support
  • for EOS.
  • Canon EOS LiveView support (experimental, reported working for EOS 1000D).
  • Added new USB ids:
  • Kodak V803, M1063
  • Canon PowerShot A650IS, SD990 (aka IXUS 980IS), SD880IS, A480
  • Canon EOS 50D
  • Fuji FinePix S1000fd
  • Retrieve filedates again from PTP objects.
  • speedup: Do not list files on / (there aren't any).
  • Bugfixes.
  • Canon driver:
  • Support Exposure Bias setting.
  • More shutterspeeds.
  • libgphoto2:
  • Fixed a problem during file retrieval which causes Canon Normal
  • capture-image-and-download errors, handle CR2 and CRW mimetypes.
  • Fixed ordering of filelists again that broke the digigr8 driver.
  • Translation updates.
  • digigr8:
  • Added a new version of the disney pix micro.

New in gPhoto 2.4.5 (Apr 3, 2009)

  • Updated translations
  • Pressing Ctrl-C in tethered capture mode works now.

New in gPhoto 2.4.4 (Jan 22, 2009)

  • libgphoto2:
  • Updated translations from translationproject.org
  • PTP2 driver:
  • Developed in parallel with TRUNK.
  • Only retrieve and initialize the ptp filesystem if needed (this will give speed ups for config operations, basic init and summary.)
  • Export the hidden vendor specific properties of the current Nikon DSLRs. (over a hundred with all camera configuration details...) (D80, D90, D300, D700, D40x got, D200 guessed)
  • Lots of new Nikon DSLR and Canon Powershot properties implemented, both printed in summary and available for config functions querying and/or setting.
  • Query and Set image protection flags (actually used by digikam).
  • Lots of bugfixes and changes in Canon and Nikon specific capture routines.
  • Some defines for PTP 1.1 added. Will have to wait for implementation until a device gets available.
  • New cameras added: Kodak C913 Nikon D90 Canon Digital IXUS 960IS, EOS 1000D, SD1100 IS, SX10 IS, SX110 IS Fuji FinePix A920, F100fd, S200HD Apple iPod Touch (just saved screenshots and uploaded images)
  • PTP v1.1 defines added (implementation will start once devices are available)
  • Synced MTP device list from libmtp (0.3.5 level).
  • Lots of bugfixes.
  • jl2005c:
  • Experimental driver for jl2005c based cameras added. Can only retrieve raw images currently, no viewable images yet. Not builtin by default. ./configure --with-drivers=all,jl2005c
  • libgphoto2_port:
  • Updated translations from translationproject.org
  • Serial driver: do not lock device during probe to reduce startup time.

New in gPhoto 2.4.3 (Oct 20, 2008)

  • Updated translations.
  • For multiple cameras, specifying with --port usb:xxx,yyy is now sufficient (previously needed --port and --camera).

New in gPhoto 2.4.2 (Oct 4, 2008)

  • Updated translations.
  • capture-image split into:
  • capture-image: Just captures image, no download.
  • capture-image-and-download: captures image and downloads it.

New in gPhoto 2.4.1 (Apr 2, 2008)

  • Made capture preview that saves to files work
  • Capture-image has no arguments
  • Version check for libgphoto2 fixed
  • cs, da, it, vi translations updated