[digiKam-users] New to DK - questions.

[Andrew Goodbody]

Yes there is a way to use the same db from different OSes. See 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261277 where a patch was added to 
let you specify multiple paths in albumroot so each system can have its 
own version at the same time. However there is STILL no UI to do this 
and everyone keeps forgetting about it and it is not mentioned anywhere!

Also IMHO a better plan would be to move the albumroot setting into the 
rc file (which is local to each system), but that suggestion is simply 
ignored by the developers.

Getting this sorted properly would be a major step forward in the 
usability of digikam.

Andrew

On 20/03/2019 03:11, Andrey Goreev wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> You are correct on what digiKam DB is.
> You would need to add your images as Collections in Settings.
> I am not sure if there is way to use the same database from both linux and
> windows though because paths to images will be different.
> The only way I see is to write to sidecar files.
> But maybe someone else in this room already figured that out?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrey
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> On Behalf Of Cleaneasy
> Sent: March 19, 2019 9:00 PM
> To: digikam-users at kde.org
> Subject: [digiKam-users] New to DK - questions.
> 
> Greetings!  I am really looking forward to getting more familiar with
> digiKam!
> 
> I may have been too enthusiastic starting out. I read the article "Use
> digiKam with a NAS and MariaDB" and then installed the windows version and a
> linux version, and put a MariaDB on my freenas.  All went well after a short
> learning curve.  I do still have a few questions I could not find in past
> posts or the FAQ.
> 
> Perhaps this is obvious, but where are the images stored?  Does the DB just
> store thumbnails, metadata and pointers to images? If so how can I use both
> linux and windows since the pointers stored in the DB will be different even
> if they point to the NAS which both machine can see, but with a slightly
> different paths?
> 
> In any case I am sure it will be pretty important to update digiKam on each
> platform at the same time. Until I get this figured out I'm only using linux
> to add photos.
> 
> Thanks!
> Kip
> 
> 
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