[digiKam-users] Moving items externally while preserving digiKam user info

[Marc Palaus]

I think the easiest way would be to save the metadata in the pictures 
themselves (or in xmp sidecar files), then move the files using your 
favorite method, and once you are done let Digikam to scan the changes 
during the next startup. Make sure you have checked in the options to 
"Rescan files when modified" and "Clean up metadata from the database 
when rescan files" (Settings/Metadata)

El 5/9/22 a les 15:47, Sepp A ha escrit:
> I have a large collection (over 206K items) scattered around in many 
> temporary directories on an external (USB-connected) HDD, that I added 
> with "Settings -> Configure digiKam -> Collections -> Root Album 
> Folders -> Collections on Removable Media".
> My current database type is SQLite (QSQLite) which is a bit slow 
> sometimes. My setup is digiKam 7.7.0 on Windows 10.
>
> How can I move all the items to new directories without using digiKam 
> and without losing any digiKam info such as tags and labels?
> By moving the images around, some of them may have to get renamed. 
> Would this cause any problems? How to avoid it?
>
> Outside digiKam, I use TeraCopy to get the files verified after 
> copying. Does digiKam have a built-in fail-safe file verification 
> mechanism for moving images or albums?
>
> Any input would be much appreciated.