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

[Andrew Goodbody]

It is possible to move the photos and database to another PC.

Part of the difficulty lies in the, IMHO, poor design decision to write 
the path to the collection into the database. This may include a GUID of 
the HDD on which it originally resided. So even if you recreate the path 
including the drive letter on the new PC you may still have problems 
unless you manually edit the database entry involved.

You can indeed have the photos on a netshare as a remote collection. The 
situation with the database is more complicated however. If you use 
sqlite then the database must be on a local drive for the PC accessing 
it ie no network at all. If you use MySQL then you can have a remote PC 
running the db as a server. However this implementation is not yet bug 
free so use at your own risk.

Andrew

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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