[Digikam-users] Some questions re collection on Network Share

[Marcel Wiesweg]

> 
> This brings me back to my earlier question/comment, can anyone explain
> what effect the three different settings in "Collections Settings" have?
> That's:-
>     Local Collections
>     Collections on Removable Media
>     Collections on Network Shares
> 
> I.e. what does Digikam do differently if you tell it that a collection
> is on, say, Removable Media as opposed to Local Collections.

There is currently no difference between removable or local media, both work 
via UUID.
For network storage, digikam does not attempt to retrieve a UUID or anything 
similar. The logic is simple: Directory is empty => collection not available
Directory is not empty = collection available.

Marcel