Re: [darktable-user] Moving images to a NAS

[Gonçalo Marrafa]

Hi all.

Sorry for he delay.

I've tried the solution suggested by Tobias and it worked perfectly.

Thanks to all who took the time to help.



Atentamente,

Gonçalo Marrafa

On 12 April 2018 at 12:57, Patrick Shanahan  wrote:

> * Gonçalo Marrafa  [04-12-18 07:35]:
> > Hi.
> >
> > My library is split between my local hard drive and a mounted remote
> > filesystem on a NAS. I want to move some of the film rolls from the local
> > hard drive to the NAS.
> >
> > I have been using Darktable to manually move each of the film rolls but
> > that is a tedious task since there are many of them. I would like to know
> > if there is a faster/easier way of doing it?
>
> I have been doing that for several years using dt after finish a film
> roll.
>
> > If i move the files manually with a file manager and then re-import them
> > into Darktable will i loose any changes or metadata, tags, ratings,
> > etc.?  I have enabled sidecar files.
>
> you should not, and I seem to recall it not necessary to remove them from
> the db first as on import dt will recognize the files already exist in the
> db and adjust the location.  note that that recollection may be incorrect.
>
> > Is there some script that automates this?
>
> not to my knowledge.
>
>
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Re: [darktable-user] Moving images to a NAS

[Patrick Shanahan]

* Gonçalo Marrafa  [04-12-18 07:35]:
> Hi.
> 
> My library is split between my local hard drive and a mounted remote
> filesystem on a NAS. I want to move some of the film rolls from the local
> hard drive to the NAS.
> 
> I have been using Darktable to manually move each of the film rolls but
> that is a tedious task since there are many of them. I would like to know
> if there is a faster/easier way of doing it?

I have been doing that for several years using dt after finish a film
roll.
 
> If i move the files manually with a file manager and then re-import them
> into Darktable will i loose any changes or metadata, tags, ratings,
> etc.?  I have enabled sidecar files.

you should not, and I seem to recall it not necessary to remove them from
the db first as on import dt will recognize the files already exist in the
db and adjust the location.  note that that recollection may be incorrect.
 
> Is there some script that automates this?

not to my knowledge.


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Re: [darktable-user] Moving images to a NAS

[Matthieu Moy]

- Original Message -
> From: "Tobias Ellinghaus" 

> There is however an easier way: Move the files in your file manager, then in
> darktable DON'T remove them but set the collect module to the folder mode and
> right click the marked entries in the tree to point darktable to their new
> location. If you are moving complete folder hierarchies it's enough to do that
> for the root node of the tree. Better make a backup of your database first,
> just in case. You can find that in ~/.config/darktable/.

For more info, see "updating folder path" at the bottom of:
https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/en/collect_images.html

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Re: [darktable-user] Moving images to a NAS

[Tobias Ellinghaus]

Am Donnerstag, 12. April 2018, 13:31:57 CEST schrieb Gonçalo Marrafa:
> Hi.
> 
> My library is split between my local hard drive and a mounted remote
> filesystem on a NAS. I want to move some of the film rolls from the local
> hard drive to the NAS.
> 
> I have been using Darktable to manually move each of the film rolls but
> that is a tedious task since there are many of them. I would like to know
> if there is a faster/easier way of doing it?
> 
> If i move the files manually with a file manager and then re-import them
> into Darktable will i loose any changes or metadata, tags, ratings,
> etc.? I have
> enabled sidecar files.

Almost everything is stored in the sidecars. The only things missing are 
changed times set with the geolocation module and image groups.

There is however an easier way: Move the files in your file manager, then in 
darktable DON'T remove them but set the collect module to the folder mode and 
right click the marked entries in the tree to point darktable to their new 
location. If you are moving complete folder hierarchies it's enough to do that 
for the root node of the tree. Better make a backup of your database first, 
just in case. You can find that in ~/.config/darktable/.

> Is there some script that automates this?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> Gonçalo Marrafa
> 
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