[Digikam-users] Re: Migrating from F-Spot to digiKam: how to import tags?

[Peter Shute]

There's an old thread about this here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-412863.html
They ended up adding the tags to the files with a 3rd program, but that may not be necessary now.

I also found a reference here:
http://trac.yorba.org/wiki/PhotoTags
To an F-Spot extension to update all the files. 


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From: Rafael Coninck Teigão <rcteigao at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Digikam-users] Re: Migrating from F-Spot to digiKam: how to import tags?

I believe it's XMP (just have to figure out how to write it for photos
I've already tagged.)

Is there a particular way to import it or should I just use the import
database tool?

Also, is it possible to retain the hierarchy of tags?

Thanks,
Rafael.

Happy new year, BTW!

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Johannes Wienke <languitar at semipol.de> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> can F-Sport write XMP data? If yes, they can be imported by digiKam.
>
> Regards,
> Johannes
>
> Am 31.12.2010 19:20 schrieb Rafael Coninck Teigão:
>> It's SQlite, yes!
>>
>> I tried using the migration tool, it didn't work, of course, since the
>> schema is different.
>>
>> I also tried using the attached python script, but I don't know enough
>> python/sqlite to debug the error (I did manage to fix a few bugs,
>> though.)
>>
>> This script is from
>> http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/12-Moving-images-from-F-Spot-to-digiKam.html
>>
>> It would be really nice to have to tool to do it, since ubuntu 10.10
>> removed f-spot in favor of the somewhat incomplete shotwell.
>>
>> Maybe someone can help me fix the script?
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Gilles Caulier
>> <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Which F-Spot database is ? SQlite ? If yes, and if we know the database
>>> schema, this can be done in digiKam DB migration tool introduced with 1.3.0
>>> version. Of course, source code need to be implemented.
>>>
>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>
>>> 2010/12/31 Rafael Coninck Teigão <rcteigao at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Hello, everyone.
>>>>
>>>> First of all, I'd like to say that I'm really impressed by how
>>>> lightweight digiKam is and how fast it was able to import around 6k
>>>> photos I have.
>>>>
>>>> Speaking of 6000 :-)... all my photos were managed by F-Spot, and all
>>>> of them are cataloged in tags such as: Places -> USA -> California ->
>>>> Carmel -> 17 ml rd. All these tags are stored in a photos.db file and
>>>> most of my photos also have multiple tags.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way for me to import these tags to digiKam? Is it possible
>>>> for them to keep nested, such as the example above?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>> Rafael.
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