On Sa, 2012-12-08 at 19:40 +0100, Markus Jung wrote: > Well, this is a huge collection of images. If you have just moved your > images from path A to path B, you also might simply edit the paths in > library.db (SQLiteBrwoser helps) directly, which is a lot faster (but a > bit more risky, too).
Yes, this is an important option. Users, take note! > But if you have already removed them, it is to > late ... indeed :) This > Close DT before doing this, the table in which you are interested is > named film_rolls. thanks! > > Regards, > Markus > > Am 08.12.2012 19:26, schrieb Eildert Groeneveld: > > Just to add: darktable died (actually the laptop did (maybe got too > > hot?)) > > > > So I had to restart the import again. Diligently, DT started right from > > the beginning again, 34754 images all over again... at the same time > > reindexing some 12000 images. > > > > I wonder if it will go through this time. Likely to take more than > > 15hours. > > > > no way to sped up things? > > > > greetings > > > > Eildert > > > > On Sa, 2012-12-08 at 18:19 +0100, Eildert Groeneveld wrote: > >> I am battling with my file system backup mounting my home fileserver > >> directory via wifi on my laptop (i7,8GBRAM) and was not happy with the > >> processing speed, such as reading the RAW files (18MB each). > >> > >> So I upgraded my internal hard disk to a 512GB SSD drive. After having > >> move all my fotos to the SSD, I am now reimporting the images. And this > >> is still slooow. Thus far DT (head) has accummulated 300min importing > >> some 34000 files (actually most of then JPGs) and is half way through, > >> while the indexing has just about started. > >> > >> Is this the performance we have to live with? If yes, then removing and > >> reimporting is easily started but not quickly finished. > >> > >> greetings > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sa, 2012-12-08 at 14:21 +0100, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> El sábado, 8 de diciembre de 2012, Rainer Poisel escribió: > >>> Hej, > >>> > >>> I have just started using darktable to manage my digital > >>> photos. So > >>> far I can say that I really like the concepts of this > >>> application. > >>> When starting to use new software I always think about how to > >>> backup > >>> my data just in case everything goes wrong or in case I have > >>> to move > >>> to another computer. > >>> > >>> Regarding this topic I have hit paydirt in the mailing list: > >>> * > >>> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29291108 > >>> > >>> I can confirm that it is as easy as that - just to keep the > >>> xmp files > >>> (sidecars) and re-import the folder in case one wants to > >>> continue > >>> editing a folder of images on another computer with keeping > >>> the > >>> editing history intact. In this regard: what data does the > >>> sqlite-database contain? Actually everything I need is in the > >>> xmp-files. :-) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Basically you will lose your presets and your styles, as they are only > >>> stored in the db. And of course the thumbnails, but those will be > >>> regenerated on the fly. The other thing you may lose if you don't > >>> backup the config file are the general configurations of the program. > >>> > >>> > >>> Now my question: Could you please mention this easy > >>> backup/re-import > >>> procedure in your documentation? If you want I can write a > >>> short > >>> summary of the procedure so that it can be included (github > >>> pull-request?) in the user manual. > >>> > >>> > >>> Patches are welcomed, and PRs are nice. > >>> > >>> > >>> Thank you for your efforts, darktable rocks. It's great fun to > >>> manage > >>> fotos with this application!! > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks! Any comment is welcomed. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> José Carlos García Sogo > >>> [email protected] > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. 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