Storing jpegs and raw files in different directory structures

[Maik Qualmann]

Ok, that's clear then, I assumed that her drive is significantly smaller.
Why not store the RAW files on an external USB removable media and only plug 
them in when needed?

Maik

Am Montag, 12. Juni 2023, 13:45:59 CEST schrieb Warren Baird:
> Hi Maik,
> 
> Well, drives larger than 2TB  are moderately expensive, and if I do
> this, I estimate I'll free up enough disk on the laptop for another
> 100,000 jpegs - which is more photos than I'm likely to take in the
> lifetime of the laptop...
> 
> Warren
> 
> On 2023-06-12 01:55, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> > Regardless of the software solution, why not just buy a larger NVMe disk,
> > clone disk and expand partitions, done. At some point your current NVMe
> > disk will be too small anyway.
> > 
> > Maik
> > 
> > Am Montag, 12. Juni 2023, 00:00:06 CEST schrieb Warren Baird:
> >> Hi all,
> >> 
> >> slightly odd question:  I have a laptop that I use to work with my
> >> photos when I'm not at home.   I synchronize my digikam directory
> >> between my primary computer and my laptop with unison.
> >> 
> >> Unfortunately my digikam directory is getting so large that I am running
> >> out of space on my laptop, which only has a single NVMe slot, so I can't
> >> easily increase the amount of disk space there.
> >> 
> >> I normally shoot with my camera set to record both jpg and raw files,
> >> and the raw files are a *lot* bigger than the jpegs, however, 99% of the
> >> time I work with the jpg files, I only rarely have to do something with
> >> the raw files (i.e. if something ends up being really underexposed, etc.)
> >> 
> >> What I'd like to do to resolve this is have to parallel versions of my
> >> digikam directory, one with jpg, one with raw files, and then I can just
> >> sync the jpg directory to my laptop.
> >> 
> >> I can definitely write a python script that periodically trolls through
> >> my directory and moves any raw files it finds into the appropriate spot
> >> in the other directory, but it might be easier if there was some
> >> built-in way to do it in digikam.
> >> 
> >> Any ideas?   I'm ok using a script to split the directories now - but
> >> it'd be nice in the future if I could tell digikam to put jpgs in this
> >> structure, and raw files in this structure when I'm importing new files.
> >> 
> >> Thanks!!
> >> 
> >> Warren