I use 'memory_limit = 512M' in my php.ini.

Hi,

Thanks, good to see it is helpful.

How many pictures are contained in the albums that are scanned? I will check what memory limit I use, but it has definitely been increased compared to the default setup.

I have 830478 photos and tried to run the script on all of them. But in fact they all were syncronized already.
Now I tried again - no errors anymore! Good. And strange..

I see the new v1.2.0 release in Github, but the update is not appearing as available in my Piwigo sites.

Glad you were able to figure it out! I've manually upgraded to 1.2.1 and now we'll see what happens with your next release ;-)

Me too :)
I like to call albumpilot regularly from linux/bash

Hi everyone,

Just a short follow-up covering both topics raised above.

Regarding external trigger mode / automation:

Based on my experience so far, running AlbumPilot fully unattended is still somewhat fragile. Newer Chrome versions seem to apply additional restrictions when a browser is started programmatically, and in some cases the external trigger does not actually start until the browser window is opened or interacted with. There may be workarounds (for example using headless browser modes), but I have not fully validated these yet, and behavior tends to change with browser updates.
In practice, the external trigger URL usually needs to be adjusted and tested per environment, and reliability depends a lot on the individual setup (OS, browser version, login state, etc.). This is why there is currently no "official" one-size-fits-all solution for curl/cron-based execution. If anyone has a robust approach that works well in their environment, I'm very happy to take a look.

Regarding image / video creation dates:

In earlier versions, AlbumPilot updated piwigo_images.date_creation for images but not consistently for videos. This has now been addressed in AlbumPilot v1.3.0. There is a new explicit option in Step 3 to synchronize video metadata via VideoJS, and when enabled, creation dates (and other metadata) are now written for the processed videos as well. This keeps the workload limited to videos that are actually touched.

BTW: One important issue regarding plugin updates:

If you are running any AlbumPilot version older than v1.2.1, automatic updates in Piwigo's plugin manager will not work. This was caused by a missing Plugin URI entry in the plugin header and has been fixed in v1.2.1.

Unfortunately, you need a one-time manual update for older installations:

Piwigo Admin -> Plugins

Add a new plugin

Search for "AlbumPilot"

Click Add (it installs over the existing version; settings and logs are preserved)

After this one-time step, future updates (including v1.3.0) should appear normally in the plugin manager.

Further details are available in the README and on GitHub: https://github.com/HendrikSchoettle/AlbumPilot

Thanks again for the feedback and suggestions - they are very helpful in shaping future improvements!

Last edited by rw22mhhs (2026-01-24 18:12:07)