[Digikam-users] Digikam-users Digest, Vol 48, Issue 6

Adham Hashibon adham.hashibon at gmail.com
Mon May 4 15:01:16 BST 2009 

Are you using Digikam 0.10 with KDE4? or is it the older 0.9x with kde3?

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <digikam-users-request at kde.org> wrote:

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>   1. Re: Migrating Digikam to a clean install of Kubuntu       Jaunty
>      (Sava Tatic)
>   2. Re: Migrating Digikam to a clean install of Kubuntu       Jaunty
>      (Gilles Caulier)
>   3. Re: video thumbnails (gerlos)
>   4.  Canon icc files (davidvincentjones)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 21:21:38 +0200
> From: Sava Tatic <tictactatic at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Migrating Digikam to a clean install of
>        Kubuntu Jaunty
> To: digikam-users at kde.org
> Message-ID: <200905032121.38419.tictactatic at gmail.com>
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> Hi Gandalf,
>
> Thank you for your reply. As I have no raw files, this solution should do
> (thanks for the sync all images suggestion). I was planning to keep the
> same
> structure anyway, so again no problems. Will see if the db upgrade succeeds
> in
> any case.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Sava
>
> On Sunday 03 May 2009 11:36:56 Gandalf Lechner wrote:
> > Hi Sava,
> >
> > you should write all your metadata directly into the image files. Then
> all
> > information is within the images, and you just have to copy the image
> files
> > to the new machine. To do so, you have to tell digikam in its config
> panel-
> >
> > >metadata to store metadata in the image, and then use extras->sync all
> > > images
> >
> > with database.
> > However, I think this will not work for raw files, since 0.9.3 (as far as
> I
> > know) has no write support for metadata in raw files.
> >
> > I think digikam 0.10 also offers a migration tool which will read the
> > contents your old digikam 0.9.3 database into the new one. To use this,
> you
> > should make a backup of your digikam database, the file called something
> > like digikam3.db in your top image directory. But I am not sure if you
> have
> > to set up the paths of your image collection in precisely the same way as
> > on the old machine for this to work, maybe one of the developers can
> > comment on that.
> >
> > Best,
> > Gandalf
> >
> > On Sunday 03 May 2009 01:26:32 Sava Tatic wrote:
> > > Dear list,
> > >
> > > I am upgrading my machine from Kubuntu 8.04 to 9.04 and I am planning
> to
> > > do a clean install. As the machine happens to contain my primary
> Digikam
> > > installation, I would like to know what do I need to back up and then
> > > restore on the fresh install of Kubuntu.
> > >
> > > Of course, the photos :) But what else, because I'd like to preserve
> all
> > > the metadata I've added (tags, rating, geolocation)? My current Digikam
> > > version is 0.9.3.
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > > Sava
> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 21:38:29 +0200
> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Migrating Digikam to a clean install of
>        Kubuntu Jaunty
> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>        power of        open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> Message-ID:
>        <b4b1230e0905031238i2f715e7evf1b65ec8c0b9577c at mail.gmail.com>
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>
> digiKam records all meta info to a database (rating, comments, tags,
> etc...) So, read only files can be metadated.
>
> With 0.9.x, database file is stored to root folder of your collection.
> When you start 0.10.0, we check if DB file is present and we start to
> convert to new schema. A new DB file is created. Old one stil
> untouched.
>
> If none old DB file is found at root folder, we scan image metadata to
> create new DB file.
>
> To be clear, nothing will lost.
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2009/5/3 Sava Tatic <tictactatic at gmail.com>:
> > Hi Gandalf,
> >
> > Thank you for your reply. As I have no raw files, this solution should do
> > (thanks for the sync all images suggestion). I was planning to keep the
> same
> > structure anyway, so again no problems. Will see if the db upgrade
> succeeds in
> > any case.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Sava
> >
> > On Sunday 03 May 2009 11:36:56 Gandalf Lechner wrote:
> >> Hi Sava,
> >>
> >> you should write all your metadata directly into the image files. Then
> all
> >> information is within the images, and you just have to copy the image
> files
> >> to the new machine. To do so, you have to tell digikam in its config
> panel-
> >>
> >> >metadata to store metadata in the image, and then use extras->sync all
> >> > images
> >>
> >> with database.
> >> However, I think this will not work for raw files, since 0.9.3 (as far
> as I
> >> know) has no write support for metadata in raw files.
> >>
> >> I think digikam 0.10 also offers a migration tool which will read the
> >> contents your old digikam 0.9.3 database into the new one. To use this,
> you
> >> should make a backup of your digikam database, the file called something
> >> like digikam3.db in your top image directory. But I am not sure if you
> have
> >> to set up the paths of your image collection in precisely the same way
> as
> >> on the old machine for this to work, maybe one of the developers can
> >> comment on that.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Gandalf
> >>
> >> On Sunday 03 May 2009 01:26:32 Sava Tatic wrote:
> >> > Dear list,
> >> >
> >> > I am upgrading my machine from Kubuntu 8.04 to 9.04 and I am planning
> to
> >> > do a clean install. As the machine happens to contain my primary
> Digikam
> >> > installation, I would like to know what do I need to back up and then
> >> > restore on the fresh install of Kubuntu.
> >> >
> >> > Of course, the photos :) But what else, because I'd like to preserve
> all
> >> > the metadata I've added (tags, rating, geolocation)? My current
> Digikam
> >> > version is 0.9.3.
> >> >
> >> > All the best,
> >> >
> >> > Sava
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Digikam-users mailing list
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 22:25:35 +0200
> From: gerlos <gerlosgm at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] video thumbnails
> To: "digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>        power   of open source" <digikam-users at kde.org>
> Message-ID: <200905032225.35800.gerlosgm at gmail.com>
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>
> On domenica 03 maggio 2009 09:44:25, mlnie wrote:
> : > For me video thumbnails work.
> >
> > I have Ubuntu 9.04, freshly installed. After installing digikam I had no
> > video thumbnails, but installing the package mplayerthumbs fixed this.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
>
> I tried this on Mandriva 2009.0 (the package name is the same) and I can
> confirm, it works. I got thumbnails for my videos, also in digikam.
>
> thanks for the suggestion
>
> bye
> gerlos
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 02:16:21 -0700 (PDT)
> From: davidvincentjones <davidvj at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Digikam-users]  Canon icc files
> To: digikam-users at kde.org
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>
> I recently moved to a Canon 50D camera and am trying to find the
> appropriate
> icc file for raw conversion.
> Canon provides with their software a lot of icc files but there is no
> indication which file set belongs to which camera.
>
> Since Canon provides different files for 'neutral', 'landscape' etc is
> there
> a way in DK to easily make such a switch?
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