<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, and thanks for quick reply,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I got Digikam 6.4 along with a Linux distro, so updating it may not be that simple.</div><div><br></div><div>Do I have any options in addition to using the migration tool?</div><div><br></div><div>What would be the preferred (hopefully future-proof) solution for this case?<br></div><div><br></div><div>BR,</div><div>angrdtsk<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">la 16. tammik. 2021 klo 15.13 Gilles Caulier (<a href="mailto:caulier.gilles@gmail.com">caulier.gilles@gmail.com</a>) kirjoitti:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Le sam. 16 janv. 2021 à 14:01, J D <<a href="mailto:angrdtsk@gmail.com" target="_blank">angrdtsk@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br>
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> Hi,<br>
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> I lately installed a new Linux distribution, and along with that change, got new version of Digikam (4 -> 6.4). How can I import the meta-data created using the old one to the new one?<br>
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> The meta-data is in a database file. I don't like the idea of embedding it into the picture files because that way, changes in meta-data would mean changes in picture files, and that would complicate making back ups.<br>
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If you use XMP sidecar files (See option in DK/Setup/Metadata panel),<br>
you will not touch image files as well.<br>
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> I found a dialog for migration in the new Digikam, but got immediately confused, as it seems to require me to move (or copy, that was unclear) the pictures from a directory to another along with the migration. There are roughly 35000 pictures taking 475 GB of space so proceeding with that dialog is not something I will try before I know better what is going happen and why.<br>
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In all cases, if you use database migration tool, do not migrate to<br>
6.4 release, but to 7.2. release candidate available here :<br>
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<a href="https://files.kde.org/digikam/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://files.kde.org/digikam/</a><br>
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Best<br>
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Gilles Caulier<br>
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