Quantity album collections

[Gilles Caulier]

Typo fixed :
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Gilles

Le ven. 29 déc. 2023 à 12:45, Sveinn í Felli <sv1 at fellsnet.is> a écrit :
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> [see inline comments]
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> Þann 29.12.2023 10:23, skrifaði frederic chaume:
> > Hi Andrew
> >
> > thanks for your feedback
> > no issue in having one collection with 100K+ pictures  in it ?
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> Never had any speed issues, some maintenance tools take time to finish.
> One big +150k collection plus several smaller ones.
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> > For the "migration" I guess I just have to delete all exiting
> > collections and then creating a new one based on the parent directory ?
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> Do you write metadata to image files? If not, i think some metadata like
> tags and ratings will not be attached to the files if you start from
> scratch. Maybe it's then better to create the new collections and move
> the image files inside Digikam?
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> Best regards,
> Sveinn í Felli
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> > I suppose creating a new unique collection would take some time
> > regarding the quantity of pictures , and no information will be loss
> > (tags, rating, DK versions, ...) do you confirm ?
> >
> > regards and happy New Year
> > Frederic
> >
> >
> > Le 27/12/2023 à 11:04, Andrew Goodbody a écrit :
> >> On 27/12/2023 09:43, frederic chaume wrote:
> >>> So I would like to hear you on advantages/draw backs of each solution
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> >> A collection is simply the place where you want all directories below
> >> that point to be included in the digiKam database. The main use for
> >> multiple collections is when you have images that exist in places that
> >> do not share the same common parent directory.
> >>
> >> I see no point in having multiple collections all with the same parent
> >> directory. Save yourself the trouble and just have a single collection
> >> pointing at the parent.
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >
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