SUMMARY I use Digikam with MySQL backend, and the photos stored on a WebDAV share. Until now, I was solely on Windows, hence I was able to mount the WebDAV share always on the same path. Now, I additionally want to use a Ubuntu desktop. The WebDAV share is mounted somewhere (auto-location determined by Ubuntu). I pointed Digikam on Ubuntu to the same MySQL database and to the WebDAV mount point on Ubuntu, and voila, my photos were there. Then I realized that this is not true: * Digikam thinks the The photos are at ``N:\path\to\photos`` * But on Ubuntu they are at ``/path/to/mountpoint/dav:host=server,ssl=true/path/to/phtotos`` Three topics need to be considered: 1. Photo path in the database should always be relative to the base path. 2. Photo path in the database should be platform-unaware. 3. There should be a way to select a base path which is already in the database, and redirect it to a path in the local installation. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Photo storage on network location 2. Digikam on Windows with MySQL backend 3. Digikam on Linux with same MySQL backend 4. Try to manage the same photos (on network location) using the same database OBSERVED RESULT Not possible, because base paths to photo storage on network location don't match between Windows and Linux. EXPECTED RESULT Same photos and same database should be used on Windows and on Linux. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: Win10 macOS: ./. Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu LTS (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ./.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 384820 ***
There is currently an undocumented feature. It is possible to add "&/path/to/mount/point" to the network path in the AlbumRoots database table. I plan to make this available in the GUI. Maik
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #2) > There is currently an undocumented feature. It is possible to add > "&/path/to/mount/point" to the network path in the AlbumRoots database > table. I plan to make this available in the GUI. > > Maik Can you please explain in detail how the database row should look like after I have added the second base path?
(In reply to spam-receiver from comment #3) > (In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #2) > > There is currently an undocumented feature. It is possible to add > > "&/path/to/mount/point" to the network path in the AlbumRoots database > > table. I plan to make this available in the GUI. > > > > Maik > > Can you please explain in detail how the database row should look like after > I have added the second base path? I tried (not the question mark in the middle): networkshareid:?mountpath=N:/path/to/photos?/run/user/1000/gvfs/dav:host=server,ssl=true,user=xyz/path/to/photos but this broke both, WIndows and Linux... :-(
Table: AlbumRoots Column: identifier bevor: networkshareid:?mountpath=N:\path\to\photos after: networkshareid:?mountpath=N:\path\to\photos&mountpath=/path/to/another/mountpoint More paths could be appended, but each path may only exist once under the OS. Maik
Use / instead of \ in my example. Maik
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #5) > Table: AlbumRoots > Column: identifier > > bevor: > > networkshareid:?mountpath=N:\path\to\photos > > after: > > networkshareid:?mountpath=N:\path\to\photos&mountpath=/path/to/another/ > mountpoint > > More paths could be appended, but each path may only exist once under the OS. > > Maik Sorry, but I can't get this working. I tried with different (existing and non-existing) paths after the second question mark. Any second path breaks the base path on both, Windows and Linux. It seems that the feature isn't included in Digikam 7.7.
This feature has been around for a long time, your mistake is the second question mark, there is only one question mark. The second path starts with: &mountpath= Maik
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #8) > This feature has been around for a long time, your mistake is the second > question mark, there is only one question mark. > The second path starts with: &mountpath= > > Maik Oh no, stupid me. Can't tell an ampersand from a question mark... Thank you very much and my apologies. The undocumented feature works as expected. This issue can be closed.
Git commit 6a630aeab30849225015826aa185cc8a8516cc74 by Maik Qualmann. Committed on 16/07/2022 at 15:14. Pushed by mqualmann into branch 'master'. add support for alternate network paths in the collection view Related: bug 384820 FIXED-IN: 8.0.0 M +3 -1 NEWS M +4 -0 core/libs/database/collection/collectionlocation.h M +6 -3 core/libs/database/collection/collectionmanager.h M +5 -3 core/libs/database/collection/collectionmanager_location.cpp M +7 -2 core/libs/database/collection/collectionmanager_p.cpp M +2 -3 core/libs/database/collection/collectionmanager_p.h M +206 -17 core/utilities/setup/collections/setupcollectionview.cpp M +21 -8 core/utilities/setup/collections/setupcollectionview.h https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/commit/6a630aeab30849225015826aa185cc8a8516cc74