Version: (using KDE 4.3.2) OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages I have 2 hosts and i use 'unison' to sync the collection directory to see it on both. Until i upgrade Digikam3 to Digikam4, the digikam3.db database was read bye digikam very well bye the two hosts. Now after upgrading to the new 1.0 beta then rc version of digikam, the digikam4.db is not read on the host on which it was not create. Digikam ask me to choose between a local or a removable. The database file can't to be share between the 2 hosts ?? Is it a regression or a bug. Sorry for my english
Where are the pictures stored?
i have the same tree directory on the 2 hosts. I m not sur what you ask me !! sorry, can you specify please ?
it s a mirror
I run digikam on each host and it read pictures and database file on its own HD, i hope this can help you !
Digikam will see that the two places are different, if you really have stored your images on two different harddisks. If it's stored on a network share, you should add the collection as a "network collection". There is also a solution available to only identify a collection by mount path, by changing the identifier in the database.
You say: "Digikam will see that the two places are different": this was not the case with digikam3, i think it is a regression, why not put a relative path in the database or envisage to setting this in preferences with the same behavior as the old version of digikam. It is really handicapping for me, and i m not alone i think, it s not always possible to be near a network. My wife and me can t now look at our 4000 pictures with digikam on our own host. To avoid to wait long minutes that the database to be rebuild completly, i remove digikam4db from the second computer and leave on it the old digikam3.db so the database quickly rebuild partially. But you will acknowledge this is not a solution.
you say:"There is also a solution available to only identify a collection by mount path, by changing the identifier in the database." What value for identifier to have the same path on the 2 hosts. Is it possible to name it without any report with the mount path or the volume: can i replace "volumeid:?uuid=4d4762ef-3f13-48cb-805a-0e6168040125" bye for example "My photos" ? If it is possible, why not put it in the digikam setting interface ?
PS: Marcel thank you for your patience
What you need it "volumeid:?mountpath=%2Fyour%2Fmountpath". I'm not absolutely sure but I think the / characters and any non-ASCII char in the path need to be percent-encoded like for any URL. You should be able to get the same effect if you add the collection as a network collection - these are identified by mount path only currently (until we have found better solutions)
The problem is that after make change in database and restart digikam, it reinit the identifier to "volumeid:?uuid=4d47...". sorry ;(
It s ok if i put only "volumeid:?mountpath=%2F" in identifier and "the/complet/path/to/the/collection" in specificPath. Then i arrange symbolic links with the same path on the second host and it seems ok. ...ouf! Thank you Marcel and good luke but i really hope this feature to be improve for the 1.0 version
No changes to be expected, very special case