[Digikam-users] Searching images on usb disks

[Gilles Caulier]

Please read this report and especially the last comment from Marcel :

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191494#c29

For more details, ask to Marcel in this file through bugzilla.

Gilles

2014-09-20 18:38 GMT+02:00 Marina Ciatta <maciatta at openmailbox.org>:
>
> Hello,
>
> Many thanks Gordon, Marie-Noëlle, jdd, for comments and hints.
>
> @Marie-Noëlle
>>
>> I use 2 external USB disks, but they are plugged in when I work
>> with Digikam.
>
> Same for me, only images on currently plugged disks seem to be alive
> and other images seem to be ignored.
>
> @jdd
>>
>> that said, the database is that, a data base and it should be possible
>> to read it directly with scripts, specially in read only mode.
>
> Oh God, you're killing me !
> I am totally unable to do such stuff. My only programming skills are to
> setup
> my coffee machine to start at 7 a.m. :)
>
>
> Just a last question (and after that I promise to shut up)
> Someone sent me a suggestion :
>>
>> Si dovrebbe cercare di fare una copia locale di tutte le tue foto,
>> tutto piccolo per risparmiare spazio ...
>
> I'll translate :
> The suggestion is to build local copies of all images on all usb disks,
> with very reduced size versions to save disk space.
> Sounds this should work, but probably will take a long time so, before
> trying this, I'd like to know if anyone has already implemented such a work,
> and if results are as expected ?
> Thanks,
>
> Saluti,
> Marina
>
>
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