Opening old sessions
What problem do you see this solving?
Describe the problem or issue you are having in Capture One.
Think about what it is that you're trying to achieve, and the reason why you are trying to do it.
Unable to open old sessions - upgrade but then it just comes up with error.
When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
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All old sessions.
Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One?
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No
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Yes
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It should be possible to upgrade a session without a problem. A few questions -
- what version are you upgrading the session from (if you know - sometimes it just says "an older version of Capture One, as I recall)
- what version are you upgrading it to?
- what is the error message it comes up with?
- are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of the OS?
Ian
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- Capture One 22
- Capture One Pro
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Upgrade of the session failed - Failed to upgrade database. An error was encountered during the upgrade of the database >
The session failed to open. Would you like to run diagnostic checks and attempt repairs if necessary?>
fix and repair >
Database connection OK
Verifying database…
The database needs to be migrated to the newest version before we can continue.
The database needs to be migrated.
Database verification FAILED
- Mac - macOSVentura Version 13.0
- Unfortunately I can't even open the files in the 22 version now
Cheers, Gavin
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(1) When the session was upgraded, Capture One should have created a backup of the session file in the old format. Can you open that with the old version.
(2) Actually with a session, you may not have lost much. The edit information is held in sidecar files in the subfolders of the folder where the images are held, not in the session database. (The main things you would lose from the database would be things like albums and smart albums if you had created any.) You could create a new empty session with the new version, then navigate to the images in their old location, and see whether they look OK. It can't do them any harm.
Ian
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SFA: Opening from a hard drive link but also trying to through file> open after opening Capture One. With the 22 version I am getting the following:
An unrecoverable error was encountered while working with the session's database.
unable to open database file
The session will now close.
And then Capture One just crashes.
Sorry I'm not too sure what you mean here "Is the link (or a new link) updated to point to the updated database rather than the saved and renamed previous version?" I haven't renamed any of the previous sessions.
Unfortunately I don't have the backup session files mentioned Ian.
Cheers,
Gavin
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So if you don't have backup sessions, try what I saiid in number (2).
Ian
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As in the proxies? So it would be a case of setting up new sessions and then having to import all these again?
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No, no. There's no need to import them again. Just create an empty session and in the Capture One library tool find the folder where the image files are stored. If all is well, they should show up complete with their existing adjustments. If that is so, you can (still in the library tool) drag them to the appropriate folders in your new session (Capture, Selects, etc).
Ian
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Ah got you. That seems to do the trick. Thanks very much.
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