Videos are not my prime visual format, usually shooting a few short videos at family occasions. Thank goodness, because Lightroom really struggles to import videos. I am thinking perhaps to just catalog still shots with Lightroom. But one primary reason for utilizing Lightroom is its database management feature. I copied my videos to the correct folder and then sync'd the folder with Lightroom. But that requires more "intervention." I just want to basically tell Lightroom to import and sit back and wait. But videos take so long. Do you have any suggestions?
I would expect to see the import slider in the top left to display some progress in the copying of the file, but nothing happens. I know it is like sitting at a stop sign. Time seems to stand still. So for now, I am intervening, filtering out videos during import and then manually copying the videos to the target folder and having Lightroom synchronize.
Then it sounds like it's about the speed transferring off the card. Is it significantly faster when you copy with Finder/Explorer to the hard drive? What options are you setting in Import - eg the second backup copy. How do you know it is the videos which are slowing things down?
I often have videos and photos in the same folder and have never noticed a problem. One possible issue might be where they have the same name, so LR might treat them as a sidecar.
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