[Digikam-users] Local Collections Options

[sleepless]

Op 05-09-11 13:12, sleepless schreef:
> Op 05-09-11 12:53, sleepless schreef:
>> Hi Colin,
>>
>> If I understand your problem correct I think this will work.
>>
>> method 1:
>>
>> Create some directory ¨photo¨ (ex) wherever you want 
As a consequence of advancing insight in your problem I now see that you 
need to have a drive/partition mounted without your home, this could be 
in /media
>> to have al your pictures in a directory structure.
>> add this dir to digikam: Settings>Configure DigiKam>Collections>Local 
>> Collections
> You are not at all obliged to add this rootfolder as an album
>> If you want so, do make subdirs
> You may want instead just add the subfolders (ex) family, hollydays, 
> wildlife etc. etc.
>> Now drag your folders from within digikam albumview to your new 
>> structure.
>> If done delete your old collections.
>>
>> Now you have a collection only containing your folders with media on 
>> it and maintain your tags etc.
>>
>> Your media has moved to different locations, if you do not want that 
>> you can choose to do
>>
>> method 2:
>> tools->write metadata to picture
>> start all over again by adding only the folders containing media to 
>> your collections
>> album->read metadata to pictures (I think you have to do that album 
>> by album)
>> Note:  a) I This sulution will not work if you have raw pictures in 
>> your collection.
>>            b) I consider this methode as potentially unsafe.
>>
>> If both methods do not suit your needs, the only way I can think of 
>> is heavy manupilation of the db.
>> Seems very dagerous to me.
>>
>> Please, be so kind to report your findings back.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rinus
>>
>>
>> Op 05-09-11 11:36, Dr Colin Lloyd schreef:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> 1st post to this list:
>>> Currently my whole "Home" directory on Mandriva 2010 Linux is 
>>> scanned and
>>> stored within the "Settings>Configure DigiKam>Collections>Local 
>>> Collections" as
>>> Col .0
>>> This was an oversight when I began to use Digikam - and of course 
>>> collects all
>>> images in every folder within my home directory.
>>> It would be more efficient and faster if I could just include in the 
>>> Local
>>> Collections those folders that contained my photos, videos, etc.
>>> BUT - I don't want to delete the Collection "Col. 0" and recreate - 
>>> if it
>>> means all my tags etc disappeared with the Collection.
>>> So - can I delete Col.0 and recreate a more focused Collection - or 
>>> is there a
>>> way to remove folders from the collection?
>>> Thought about creating a new collection and checking that before 
>>> deleting
>>> Col.0 - but DigiKam will not let me create a new Collection, say, of 
>>> just my
>>> Photos Folder as this is already within the Col.0 Collection.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr Colin R. Lloyd
>>> Consultant Micrometeorologist  |  Honorary Fellow
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