[Digikam-users] Transfering Digikam to a new computer

[Peter Albrecht]

Hi Juanita,

I don't use the grouping function, so I don't have any 
experience in this topic. Sorry.

But another idea:
Have you tried to copy the digikam database file to your new 
computer as well? On linux it is a single SQLite Database 
file called "digikam4.db", stored in the users home 
directory by default. I don't know the path for windows 
installations, but you can look this up in "Settings" -> 
"Database" -> "Database File Path".

For most safety: In this case, I would place the images in 
the same path as on your old computer, so it is easier for 
digikam to find those images, again.
If I remember correctly, digikam detects images with a 
checksum, too. But I am not sure if this checksum algorithm 
is constant when upgrading from 4.5 to 4.10, while also 
changing the file paths. So better do not change the later 
one. ;)

Regards,
	Peter

On 02.06.2015 01:38, Juanita Hubbard wrote:
> Peter,
>
>
> First off, thank you so much for your reply :)
>
>
> I did find the setting for the counts, and am now happy to have them back.
>
>
> However, I did Write tags from database to image and the color labels I had set
> did show up.  Unfortunately, the grouping information did not.  I'm will try it
> again but if you have any other suggestions, I would greatly appreciate hearing
> them.  Or if anyone else has suggestions on this, that would be appreciated too!
>
>
> Thanks again!
>
>
> Juanita
>
>> On June 1, 2015 at 1:13 PM Peter Albrecht <peter at crazymonkeys.de> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Juanita,
>>
>> "counter after each tag":
>>
>> - go to "Settings" -> "Configure digikam..."
>> - on the left select "Album View"
>> - and check "[x] Show a count of items in Tree Views"
>>
>>
>> "missing tags":
>>
>> Digikam or Exiv2 sometimes misses to write some metadata to
>> the image files. (Could not reliable reproduce this, but it
>> happens some times.)
>> To make sure all tags are written to the images, in your old
>> digikam 4.5 installation:
>>
>> - make sure, you have a valid backup of your images and
>> digikam db ;)
>> - go to "Tags" in the left side view
>> - click "Open Tag Manager"
>> - click "Sync Export"
>> - click "Write tags from Database to Image"
>>
>> Than you have to copy all of your images to your new
>> computer again.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> On 29.05.2015 19:06, Juanita Hubbard wrote:
>> > I run digikam on Windows 8.0 and want to transfer my digicam installation to a
>> > new computer. I have written the metadata to the images and copied that to the
>> > pictures directory on the new computer. Unfortunately, the grouping information
>> > did not transfer and some of the tags seem to have disappeared. Also, in the
>> > old installation, there is a count after each tag showing how many images are
>> > assigned that tag. This is missing from the new installation. The old
>> > installation is 4.5 whereas the new is 4.10. I really need those numbers as I
>> > use them to check to make sure I have all images tagged as I want them. Please
>> > help.
>> >
>> >
>> > Windows 8 32 bit
>> >
>> > digikam 4.5 and digikam 4.10
>> >
>> >
>> >
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