[Digikam-users] Export Pictures and Database to a different PC

[Mick Sulley]

I have pictures duplicated on laptop and desktop, plus I have a server.  
What I do is to synchronise them to the server, so a change on laptop 
gets copied to the server when I sync, then to the desktop when I sync 
that.  For DigiKam everything (pictures, thumbnails and database) is in 
the directory that you  specify as the album, so transfer is easy.  It 
can take a little while to start DigiKam after a change as it looks for 
new content but it all works fine.  You could do this with a straight 
sync between two machines, and if it is just a one off to move it all 
then just copy the whole directory across.

I do it all on Linux but I am sure you can do the same on Windows

Mick


On 27/01/14 06:33, Sebastian Pfohl wrote:
> The Point is, i have a Collection on Photos on PC1 with Windows Vista. 
> I must make there some changes to this Collection. After this, i will 
> move this with all new Metadata, Album and so on to a new PC with 
> either Windows 8 or Windows 7.
>
> Maybe, there will be a Day, where i need to Work on this Collection 
> with both PC's. So it sounds, that the second thing is more for me. If 
> it is possible to store both, the Database and the Collection on a 
> Netshare (SMB, FTP), this could be the better solution. Its possible 
> to save my files on a SMB Share from my Router (AVM FritzBox), so i 
> can access them from both PC's. It must be not possible to use them on 
> the same time.
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> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 07:02:51 +0100
> From: nicolasmf at gmail.com
> To: digikam-users at kde.org
> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Export Pictures and Database to a 
> different PC
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm not using dk on windows, but I think somer general rules may 
> apply. It is indeed possible to transfer anything, but I haven't fully 
> understood what your goal is: migrating everything to another PC or 
> working from diferent PCs simultaneously?
>
> - if migrating is meant, the tricky bit might be keeping your ratings, 
> labels etc (metadata in general). There have been discussions about 
> this not long ago, you might want to look at past emails. What I'd 
> say: write all metadata to the image to have the opportunity to 
> rebuild your database by reading them if something goes wrong.
>
> - if the second, you'd want to use one PC as a server. Digikam can 
> connect to both a remote collection and remote database.
>
> I'm no expert, but there are quite a few around here which might 
> provide more help if you need more specific answers.
>
> Nicolas
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Sebastian Pfohl 
> <sebastian at pfohlnet.de <mailto:sebastian at pfohlnet.de>> wrote:
>
>     Hello. Im new to DigiKam. Im using it under Windows 32. Since i
>     have more than one PC, i want to know, if it is possible to
>     transfer Pictures and Database to another PC, so that i can use
>     the same Level on a other PC. Ist it possible and what must i do?
>
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