[digiKam-users] New to DK - questions.

[Gilles Caulier]

Andrew,

As  bug 261277 is now closed, i recommend to open a new file with the
explicit whish to store the Mount path on rc file to improve the
interoperabilty.

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 20 mars 2019 à 09:53, Andrew Goodbody <ajg02 at elfringham.co.uk> a
écrit :

> 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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