[digiKam-users] User script in Batch Queue Manager

[Dmitri Popov]

Hi Maik,

Thank you very much for your reply! It all makes sense now.

Kind regards,
Dmitri


tor. 23. apr. 2020 19.53 skrev Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com>:

> Hi Dmitri,
>
> For your example it would be right:
>
>  jpeg-recompress -quality high $INPUT $OUTPUT
>
> The peculiarity of the script is that it is assumed that a new target file
> ($OUTPUT) is always created. Should e.g. only metadata on the original
> image
> are changed, you have to add a copy process yourself in the script. So
> depending on the operating system:
>
>  cp $INPUT $OUTPUT
>
> Then only the $OUTPUT file can be changed using a shell command.
> Whether the new file then overwrites the original file or is created as a
> new
> one with a different name depends on the settings in BQM.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Donnerstag, 23. April 2020, 16:33:29 CEST schrieb Dmitri Popov:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Recently, I stumbled upon the User Script tool in Batch Queue Manage.
> Since
> > it's completely undocumented, I can't figure out how it works. Say I need
> > to run jpeg-recompress on all images in the current job. The command has
> > the following format:
> >
> > jpeg-recompress -quality high original.jpeg result.jpeg
> >
> > What would it look like in the User Script tool?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Dmitri
>
>
>
>
>
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