[Digikam-devel] Suggestion: Support for multiple base Directories

[Marcel Wiesweg]

> As you will probably be aware, Amarok is trying hard to support things
> like NFS shares, removable HDs and CD/DVDs.
>
> Amarok uses a single database and Florian suggested adding a new
> collection.db for each path. I think a single database is better as you
> may only have read only access to the path in question (e.g. DVDs).
>
> Anyway, all I'm pointing out is that Amarok has code to identify a
> particular NFS share, DVD etc. by creating a unique key for the media
> and storing that in the DB. That way when a share is not mounted or a CD
> is not in the drive it knows to ignore/hide (but not delete) that metadata.
>
> Just thought I'd point that out FYI.

Yes, amarok has some cool features here:
- what you mentioned: Dynamic Collection 
http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Dynamic_Collection
- identification of files which have been moved or renamed in the collection
http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/AFT

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