On 2/24/06, Bengt Thuree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Currently F-Spot do not import any tags at all unfortunately. > In the not to far future F-Spot will read the XMP and perhaps IPTC tags > and create F-Spot tags from them. Right now, F-Spot stores the tags as > XMP tags embedded in each photo. > > Feel free to write a small patch that will be able to read your external > database and convert it to F-Spot tags :) > > F-Spot's tags (and all other internal information) are also stored in an > SQLite database (~/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db). If you modify this > database manually take a backup first perhaps :) Then again, it should > be easier to use the gui and drag and drop the tags to each photo. > > (I am also waiting for F-Spot to start reading the XMP tags, since most > of my photos are tagged with IView MediaPro under Windows, and it stored > them as IPTC and XMP tags.) > > /Bengt > > On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 22:45 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I downloaded and installed Fspot today on my Kubuntu 5.10 system. I > > have many photos that are already tagged with another (windows) > > application. I want to import the photos into Fspot and have the tags > > imported as well. It is obvious to me that the tagging formats are not > > compatable, but I can access the tags in php and therefore create any > > type of file that Fspot will accept. I simply need to know in what > > format the file needs to be. > > > > For instance, to import the photos to KimDaBa I can create an > > index.xml file that KimDaBa recognizes as it's own. Will someone > > please inform me as to what type of file I need to create for Fspot? > > If Fspot has no import function (indeed, I found none that would > > import tags as well) then please tell me where Fspot keeps it's tag > > information- I will simply edit that file / database directly. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Dotan Cohen > > http://dotancohen.com183
Well, the idea of tagging the files in the first place is because I don't remember all the details of all the photos. So retagging everything in Fspot is not practical- especially when we are talking about 8000 of photos. Fspot's tagging features will be usful for tagging futire images, however. I will play with the f-spot/photos.db and see if I can implant the information there. For futire reference, should I top-post to this list as Bengt has? Most mailing lists that I know do not like this behaviour, but if it is prefered here then I will top-post. Thank you. Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com/
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