[Digikam-users] Best method to move the complete photo collection

[cl at isbd.net]

David Lindblad <david.h.lindblad at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> måndagen den 23 mars 2015 19.11.05 skrev  cl at isbd.net:
> > Marie-Noëlle Augendre <mnaugendre at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Metadata are written to files if you choose so: see different options the
> > > Configuration Menu.
> > 
> > I think you *must* do this, write metadata to files, see below.
> 
> I do not think you must write to the file but you can use sidecar instead or as 
> complement. An .xmp file with metadata that can be copied to a new location and 
> enterped by DK.
> 
Yes, I guess that's OK too, just don't have the metadata in the
Digikam database, it will be lost.

> > 
> > > In any case, they are in Digikam database, that is not necessary on the
> > > same drive as the actual files. For example, I have almost all my pictures
> > > on external drives, but the database remains in my user folder on the
> > > internal drive; and Digikam has always access to it, whatever external
> > > drive is plugged in or not.
> > 
> > Yes, but if you move the pictures the database will no longer be valid
> > and Digikam will reconstruct it, losing all the metadata in the
> > database unless it has been written to file as well.
> > 
> > (I really cannot understand why anyone would ever *not* write the
> > metadata to file)
> 
> DK do not handle writing metadata to some files, .CR2 par example.

Well that's a big problem then IMHO.

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Chris Green
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