Quantity album collections

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Þann 29.12.2023 10:23, skrifaði frederic chaume:
> Hi Andrew
> 
> thanks for your feedback
> no issue in having one collection with 100K+ pictures  in it ?

Never had any speed issues, some maintenance tools take time to finish. 
One big +150k collection plus several smaller ones.

> For the "migration" I guess I just have to delete all exiting 
> collections and then creating a new one based on the parent directory ? 

Do you write metadata to image files? If not, i think some metadata like 
tags and ratings will not be attached to the files if you start from 
scratch. Maybe it's then better to create the new collections and move 
the image files inside Digikam?

Best regards,
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> I suppose creating a new unique collection would take some time 
> regarding the quantity of pictures , and no information will be loss 
> (tags, rating, DK versions, ...) do you confirm ?
> 
> regards and happy New Year
> Frederic
> 
> 
> Le 27/12/2023 à 11:04, Andrew Goodbody a écrit :
>> On 27/12/2023 09:43, frederic chaume wrote:
>>> So I would like to hear you on advantages/draw backs of each solution
>>
>> A collection is simply the place where you want all directories below 
>> that point to be included in the digiKam database. The main use for 
>> multiple collections is when you have images that exist in places that 
>> do not share the same common parent directory.
>>
>> I see no point in having multiple collections all with the same parent 
>> directory. Save yourself the trouble and just have a single collection 
>> pointing at the parent.
>>
>> Andrew
>