[digiKam-users] Problem with batch rename

[Stuart T Rogers]

Yes I had already selected the 24 photos I needed to rename and copied 
them to a separate album, all I needed was to rename then using data 
from the exif of each and did not need new copies to be done. Now I can 
see why perhaps the current way is default but I need an option to just 
rename photos in an album without creating new ones. I do this a lot and 
really want to be able to use digikam for my workflow but currently it 
does not do what I need. I'm not sure that it even works correctly as 
you suggest so will do some more testing.

Stuart

On 30/06/2019 12:44, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> I guess you use the BQM to rename? To rename, use F2 (right-click menu->
> rename). Although the BQM includes a rename function, the BQM always has to
> create a new target file. It is used to assign edited images a new name.
> 
> Maik
> 
> Am Sonntag, 30. Juni 2019, 12:54:45 CEST schrieb Stuart T Rogers:
>> Maybe me but I have been unable to get batch rename to work on multiple
>> files. A single file rename works OK as long as I also set another
>> option like remove metadata and run it. However doing the same with 95
>> file selected the rename happens BUT and its a BIG BUT the file is not
>> renamed according to my template which uses the exif original date field
>> and yes the field exists in every image the template ends up with just
>> the initial text and digikam adds an ID as the file names all end up the
>> same.
>>
>> Also why am I unable to do just a batch rename without a dummy item like
>> remove metadata added?
>>
>> Are these know issues? I am using 6.1 on openSUSE Tumbleweed.
>>
>> Stuart
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