[digiKam-users] Moving photos and database files

[Andrew Goodbody]

On 13/05/2020 20:45, Chris Green wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 09:18:55PM +0200, jdd at dodin.org wrote:
>>
>>> ...and then in the Album menu we have:-
>>>       Write metadata to files
>>
>> this one

No, that is a one off operation not a permanent setting.

>>> So which option do I tick to ensure that metadata is *always* written
>>> to the image files?
>>
>> always to  jpg files. Add xml side file for at least any other
>>
> So I have to remember every time I exit from Digikam to open the menu
> and click "Write metadata to files"?  What happens if my system
> crashes or if I turn it off forgetting to close down Digikam?
> 
> Surely there should be a way to set things up so that metadata is
> always saved with the images.  Having it only in a (totally separate,
> maybe even on a different system) database seems very risky to me.

Yes of course.

 > Which option?
 >
 > In the Metadata section of Settings there's:-
 >     Use Lazy Synchronization
 >     If possible write metadata to RAW files
 >     Update file modification timestamp when files are modified
 >     Rescan when files are modified
 >     Clean up the Metadata from database when rescan files

In the box above this section which is titled 'Write This Information to 
the Metadata', tick everything. This controls what is written to your 
images unless you have digikam set to write to sidecars only.

Andrew