I have Box drive on Windows. I use it as a regular folder on the computer. I can store images there. When I store a small number of images (on the order of a couple hundreds) and I do not wait long to access them (on the order of a month), I do not have problems accessing them. When I store a large number of images (on the order of thousands), I have the following problems:

1. reading them in Python with opencv function cv2.imread() always gives me a reading error after some image (cannot open/read file) (i.e., it reads first several images, but then it starts giving me the error),
2. copying the entire images folder from the Box drive to my hard drive using Windows' copy command may or may not result in a copying error at some image (i.e., it starts copying, it copies first several images, then it gives me the error).

Note, once I have copied all the images to my hard drive, the same Python code for images reading works without a problem (it also works way faster, but that is a whole other story). This has been happening for a couple of years, on different Windows updates, conda updates, Python updates, opencv updates and spanning at least 10 different codes I wrote.

I think it is a general problem related to the way Box drive handles files. If I am correct, I am wondering if anybody can explain to me, please, why Box drive does that and how to mitigate that.

I do not know what code or error messages to provide here. I am interested in a general explanation and solution. However, if you need something like that to give me the answer, please, guide me what exactly I should provide.

Per Alexei's requirement, I am posting the error I receive when I am trying to read images from a Box folder with opencv-python (even though I am sure it's pointless, the problem is not in opencv as I discussed above, the problem in Box drive):

[ WARN:0@6.190] global C:\b\abs_d8ltn27ay8\croot\opencv-suite_1676452046667\work\modules\imgcodecs\src\loadsave.cpp (239) cv::findDecoder imread_('21.06.24 PIV with shadowgraphy images\BackgroundImages\ShadowgraphyImages.7udrx7mu.000004-1196.2040.a.jpg'): can't open/read file: check file path/integrity

As you may notice, the name of the image file contains the number 000004. This number means that this is the 5th pair of images in the folder or the 9th image. I.e., opencv read the first 8 images and then something happened preventing it from reading the 9th one.

posted 5 months ago

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5mo ago

Ivan Nepomnyashchikh‭

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