[digiKam-users] Digikam wit NAS (Windows)

[bingbonglong]

Hi,

My photos and my library file are on my NAS. Digikam keeps hanging. I've
found the recommndation/workaround in the FAQs
(http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-bugs-dist&m=117536777106366&w=2) but it's very
Linux-centric and I'm using Windows. Is there anything I can do to get my
setup working?

Thanks



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[Maik Qualmann]

Which version do you use? Try the latest developer version of here:

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Download "DebugView" from Microsoft and start it. Start digiKam until the
problem and post the messages that are now included in DebugView.

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 29. August 2019, 19:46:08 CEST schrieb bingbonglong:

> Hi,
>
> My photos and my library file are on my NAS. Digikam keeps hanging. I've
> found the recommndation/workaround in the FAQs
> (http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-bugs-dist&m=117536777106366&w=2) but it's very
> Linux-centric and I'm using Windows. Is there anything I can do to get my
> setup working?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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[woenx]

Ok.

By "keeps hanging", what do you mean exactly? Digikam shows the main
interface, but freezes momentarily from time to time while browsing or
editing pictures? Or it does't start at all?

If it's the first case, where do you store your database? It's fine if the
pictures are in a NAS, but it works better if the database is stored
locally. To change the location of the database, copy the .db files
(digikam3.db, thumbnails-digikam.db, similarity.db and recognition.db) to
your desired destination, go to Settings in the main menu, Configure
Digikam, Database, and you can enter the path in "Database settings" tab.
When you restart digikam it should be using the new path.

PS: in that link you pasted, it is suggested you create a shortcut (symlink)
to your database instead of copying to your local drive but I don't know if
that would be possible in Windows.



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[AndriusWild]

I use digikam 6.3.0-git on Windows with NAS.

My NAS is just a Raspberry Pi with an external USB drive formatted EXT4 and
shared with my computers via SAMBA.
So my setup is not fast to begin with.

I have around 50,000 images and 4,000 videos most of which are stored on the
network folder.
The database (digikam *.db files) is stored locally (on my C:\ drive)
though.
The setting "Scan for new items on startup (makes startup slower)" is ON.

Startup usually takes a couple of minutes for I got used to it.
Just keep in mind that network collections are slower.

In your case I would install digiKam 6.3-git, let it run for few hours and
check again.
Per Maik's suggestion, DebugView is always a good tool to have because you
will be able to see what exactly is going on while digikam "hangs".
I bet it just scanning the collection.

Keep in mind that "database" is a set of few *.db files where digikam stores
information about your images. "Collection" is a folder where your images
and videos are being stored.
You can help one database and multiple collections.
If you lose your database all the tags, comments, etc. you added to the
items in your collection will likely be lost. That is why it might be a good
practice to write the information to sidecar files or, for JPGs, to images
itself.

Good luck!

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Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] Digikam wit NAS (Windows)

Which version do you use? Try the latest developer version of here:

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Download "DebugView" from Microsoft and start it. Start digiKam until the
problem and post the messages that are now included in DebugView.

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 29. August 2019, 19:46:08 CEST schrieb bingbonglong:

> Hi,
>
> My photos and my library file are on my NAS. Digikam keeps hanging.
> I've found the recommndation/workaround in the FAQs
> (http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-bugs-dist&m=117536777106366&w=2) but it's
> very Linux-centric and I'm using Windows. Is there anything I can do
> to get my setup working?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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> Sent from:
> http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/digikam-users-f1735189.html

[bingbonglong]

Thank you all for your messages.

Firstly when I say "hang", perhaps I'm guilty of using a word from the FAQ.
Here's an explanation of my issue: I start Digikam. It spends a while
scanning my photos and eventually starts up. Some of the folders in the
Albums panel show photos when I click on them. Some don't. (They all have
pictures in really!). After a minute of so, none of the folders in the
Albums panel show any photos when I click on them. The program seems to
remain responsive to mouse clicks at all times.

I've managed to create a symlink as described in the workaround I mentioned
originally, so that the library file appears to be on a local drive, but
that hasn't changed the behaviour from what I described above.

I would really like to have the library file on the NAS so that I can run
Digikam on different PCs but always use the same library file.

I hope that has explained my problem a little more clearly. Thanks for any
further help you can offer.



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[danielx386]

Something to think about, what about setting up mysql or something like that
and using that as the database source? Or is that not going to help in that
case?

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bingbonglong
Sent: Saturday, 31 August 2019 4:30 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] Digikam wit NAS (Windows)

Thank you all for your messages.

Firstly when I say "hang", perhaps I'm guilty of using a word from the FAQ.
Here's an explanation of my issue: I start Digikam. It spends a while
scanning my photos and eventually starts up. Some of the folders in the
Albums panel show photos when I click on them. Some don't. (They all have
pictures in really!). After a minute of so, none of the folders in the
Albums panel show any photos when I click on them. The program seems to
remain responsive to mouse clicks at all times.

I've managed to create a symlink as described in the workaround I mentioned
originally, so that the library file appears to be on a local drive, but
that hasn't changed the behaviour from what I described above.

I would really like to have the library file on the NAS so that I can run
Digikam on different PCs but always use the same library file.

I hope that has explained my problem a little more clearly. Thanks for any
further help you can offer.



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[bingbonglong]

Thank you for your response but I don't really understand it. Can you explain
further?



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