* Jean-Luc CECCOLI <[email protected]> [03-11-19 14:45]: > > Message du 11/03/19 04:20 > > De : "HaJo Schatz" > > A : "Jean-Luc CECCOLI" > > Copie à : > > Objet : Re: [darktable-user] Modify paths inside the DB > > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 1:10 AM Jean-Luc CECCOLI wrote: > > > > Er... you mean, that you typed "$Year" into the field, in the import menu > > options, and it automatically retrieves the correct value from the exifs at > > import each time a photo gets imported ? > > So, if you import a photo you took in 2015, it will automatically write > > "2015" into the correct metadata field ? > > If so, the request I filed 2 years ago ought have been closed : > > https://www.darktable.org/redmine/issues/11445#change-35440 > > >> Not in front of my box right now, so there's certainly some small errors > >> in it, but -- have you ever considered something like > >> $ exiftool -d %Y -copyright="(c) $dateTimeOriginal Jean-Luc" > >> /path/to/your/photos > >> which should set the correct year in all your photos. Darktable should be > >> able to pick this up, I assume. > > Well, my client decided to eat my previous reply... so let's starting over > again. :-( > > I think you misunderstood : I don't want to write anything into my raw files, > which might end up in further probllems. > I'd like DT to read the date the raws were taken at, and write it into the > metadata field. Which DT is not able ATM. > However, reading Patrick's reply, I realized that the value being already > into the sidecars, removing the pictures from the DB and reimorting them > ought to do the job. > Or, maybe, just movinf the db elsewhere to keep it safe, then reimport the > pictures. > Test on a few old pictures first, and see what happens.
or: copy/backup you library.db move the photos open library.db in sqlitebrowser select browse data sort on folder select the lines for the moved photos in the edit database cell area on the right, insert new location save library.db test for validity if it didn't work, replace library.db with backup, reimport moved photos using sqlitebrowser will be much quicker, if it works. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
