Updating mapped drive to network share

[Maik Qualmann]

You can also change the type of collection using the collection update 
function (round circle icon) behind the relevant collection in the digiKam 
collection settings.

You should make a backup of your database (if you use SQLiIte copy the 
digikam4.db) just in case.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 24. Januar 2024, 22:58:30 CET schrieb Pete Lindgren:
> Hi all,
> Please could anyone offer some guidance as to how best to re-assign my
> collection. It's currently configured as a local collection with the path
> being a mapped drive to a network location. I see DigiKam supports
> collections on Network Shares. How can I tell DigiKam that my collection is
> actually a Network Share rather than a local share, while still retaining
> all the data such as facial recognition, etc?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Pete
> 
> On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 at 22:58, Pete Lindgren <petelindgren at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > After returning to digiKam after a long hiatus, I see that collections can
> > be specified by their network paths. I vaguely recall that mapping network
> > share to a drive letter was previously the recommended or only supported
> > approach for network shares. Therefore, currently, my collection is
> > configured as a local collection with path Y:\Pictures.
> > 
> > 1) Are mapped drives still the recommended approach?
> > 2) Do network share collections allow the same collection to be accessed
> > (with associated database info) from different digiKam clients?
> > 3) How could I change the configuration so that the collection is
> > recognised as a network share collection, both without duplicating the
> > image files (I don't have space), and without necessitating repopulating
> > the digiKam meta databases (such as faces)?
> > 
> > * DigiKam 8.2.0 (having just upgraded today from 7.6 or something like
> > that)
> > * Windows 10 DigiKam client
> > * digikam Dbs on ubuntu machine on local network.
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > Pete