Collection on usb hdd does not work well

[Anders Lund]

fredag den 17. marts 2017 12.04.09 CET skrev Gilles Caulier:
> Try option "Setup/Metadata/Behavior/Rescan file when modified"

I enabled that, but it did not appear to help. And the metadata in files known 
by digikam does not change when I export a photo from darktable, I believe. 

Kindly,
Anders


> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> 2017-03-17 11:55 GMT+01:00 Anders Lund <anders at alweb.dk>:
> > fredag den 17. marts 2017 11.49.27 CET skrev Gilles Caulier:
> > > Which digiKam version do you use exactly ?
> > 
> > 5.5.0 on archlinux
> > 
> > > Gilles Caulier
> > > 
> > > 2017-03-17 10:34 GMT+01:00 Anders Lund <anders at alweb.dk>:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I have a collection on a USB harddisk, and that does not get updated
> > > > in
> > > > digikam when add a image to it, it looks like digikam does not watch
> > 
> > for
> > 
> > > > changes.
> > > > 
> > > > I use darktable to edit my raw files, so I open a image in darktable,
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > > > exports a jpeg into the same folder as the original - and digikam does
> > 
> > not
> > 
> > > > pick it up.
> > > > 
> > > > i can use "refresh" in the album context menu, but that is insanely
> > 
> > slow,
> > 
> > > > because it refreshes all thumbnails.
> > > > 
> > > > Is there anything I can do to make digikam behave as expected with a
> > 
> > usb
> > 
> > > > hdd?
> > > > 
> > > > Kindly,
> > > > Anders