[Digikam-users] DAM, DAM with Digikam. Importing photos from a memory card.

[Anders Lund]

On Onsdag den 25. januar 2012, Mark Hayes (Hotmail) wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Another question - about importing from a memory card.
> 
> This one is quite simple really, but confusing nevertheless, and
> consequently a bit of a PITA for any newbie to the Digikam (or Linux, for
> that matter).
> 
> When I insert a memory card, I have some difficulties in picking the right
> memory card up from within Digikam when I want to import...
> 
> Quite simply, the name for the card/device that Digikam picks up is not the
> same as the name that is displayed by the KDE system etc...  This means
> that I have to click through several attached devices, working out which
> one is the one with my photos on it before I am able to download.
> 
> How do I make sure that devices/cards attached are shown up under the same
> names as are notified to me by KDE when I plug in the card in the first
> place?  It's only a little tiny thing, but anything that makes life easier
> and more transparent to the user has got to be a good thing, right?
> 
> Consistency can only help - and either my setup is wrong, or something
> could do with tweaking.  How do I go about fixing this?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Mark.

If you use KDE, why not just use the device notifier action to import images 
with digikam? It will use a running instance of digikam if there is one.

-- 
Anders