Archiving to cd/dvd but storing the metadata

[gustafson]

Hi,

Digikam is a great program... kudos to the authors.

I'm wondering if there is a method to archive an album to cd/dvd, then
store all the relevant info (that being tags, comments, thumbnails,
perhaps all metadata) in the digikam database but remove the images from
the hard drive.  In my attempts to archive and save disk space, digikam
removes  the album from the database.

Is there a way to define a location where metadata is not removed from
the database?  ie (/mnt/)  For example, when I search for the tag
"birthday", will it show a thumbnail and a little info with a location
and disk serial number?  Perhaps this is not yet available and I should
submit a feature request?

Thanks,

Pete Gustafson
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On Friday 27 October 2006 15:23, Peter Gustafson wrote:

What I do is generate smaller JPG versions of all my pictures (with EXIF) and
then archive the raw files only. That way the Jpeg previews remain for
digikam to index, and I save space by archiving the raw files. I wouldn't do
it any other way.

Dennis

> Hi,
>
> Digikam is a great program... kudos to the authors.
>
> I'm wondering if there is a method to archive an album to cd/dvd, then
> store all the relevant info (that being tags, comments, thumbnails,
> perhaps all metadata) in the digikam database but remove the images from
> the hard drive.  In my attempts to archive and save disk space, digikam
> removes  the album from the database.
>
> Is there a way to define a location where metadata is not removed from
> the database?  ie (/mnt/)  For example, when I search for the tag
> "birthday", will it show a thumbnail and a little info with a location
> and disk serial number?  Perhaps this is not yet available and I should
> submit a feature request?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete Gustafson
> _______________________________________________
> Digikam-users mailing list
> [hidden email]
> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users

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[gustafson]

Hi Dennis,

I don't think it is ideal but I guess it is workable.

Unfortunately, this generates another set of images for which knowledge
of the source must be maintained independent of the database.  I can see
myself forgetting whether the on-disk image is a raw conversion, a
smaller jpg (with full size jpg on disk), or the full size jpg.  I don't
always shoot raw.  Also, when shooting jpg, sometimes the circumstances
call for a smaller image size (pixels or compression).  Perhaps I'll
file a feature request as I described it.

Thanks for your response.

Pete



Dennis Meulensteen wrote:
> On Friday 27 October 2006 15:23, Peter Gustafson wrote:
>
> What I do is generate smaller JPG versions of all my pictures (with EXIF) and
> then archive the raw files only. That way the Jpeg previews remain for
> digikam to index, and I save space by archiving the raw files. I wouldn't do
> it any other way.
>
> Dennis
>  
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