[digiKam-users] What does this mean in the settings

[digikam-2]

DK 6.1

What does cleanup the metadata from the database when rescan files
means?

https://i.imgur.com/iHbteTm.png

Will it just redo the current image or all the images and take up
days (I have 50,000 images).

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sknahT

vyS

[Gilles Caulier-4]

Hi,

If an item have been already registered in database, this option force the database to clean item information and to rescan metadata to update the database contents

Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 25 avr. 2019 à 21:44, <[hidden email]> a écrit :

DK 6.1

What does cleanup the metadata from the database when rescan files
means?

https://i.imgur.com/iHbteTm.png

Will it just redo the current image or all the images and take up
days (I have 50,000 images).

--
sknahT

vyS

[digikam-2]

All the images or just the changed image?

Thanks

Syv

On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:41:03 +0200
Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If an item have been already registered in database, this option
> force the database to clean item information and to rescan metadata
> to update the database contents
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le jeu. 25 avr. 2019 à 21:44, <[hidden email]> a écrit :
>
> > DK 6.1
> >
> > What does cleanup the metadata from the database when rescan files
> > means?
> >
> > https://i.imgur.com/iHbteTm.png
> >
> > Will it just redo the current image or all the images and take up
> > days (I have 50,000 images).
> >
> > --
> > sknahT
> >
> > vyS
> >  

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sknahT

vyS

[Gilles Caulier-4]

the images when you rescan contents for ex with F5 for album view

Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 25 avr. 2019 à 23:03, <[hidden email]> a écrit :

All the images or just the changed image?

Thanks

Syv

On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:41:03 +0200
Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If an item have been already registered in database, this option
> force the database to clean item information and to rescan metadata
> to update the database contents
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le jeu. 25 avr. 2019 à 21:44, <[hidden email]> a écrit :
>
> > DK 6.1
> >
> > What does cleanup the metadata from the database when rescan files
> > means?
> >
> > https://i.imgur.com/iHbteTm.png
> >
> > Will it just redo the current image or all the images and take up
> > days (I have 50,000 images).
> >
> > --
> > sknahT
> >
> > vyS
> > 


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sknahT

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