Hey Patrick Thanks, these scripts are always useful. I have something different that works for me here. I've scripted 1, 2, and 4. What I'm looking for is a way to add photos to the darktable library from the cli, without opening darktable
On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 9:42 PM Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote: > * Dane Goodwin <[email protected]> [05-26-19 15:14]: > > Hey all > > > > Darktable is a phenomenal project, and I couldn't be happier once my > photos > > are loaded in the DB and I have some local copies for the road. However, > > getting my photos to that point is quite cumbersome. I have a NAS where I > > store all my photos, and the steps I follow to get my photos into > darktable > > are > > > > 1) copy the photos from my memory card to my laptop > > 2) sort them by date taken, and upload the folders to my NAS > > 3) open darktable and import the new folders > > 4) close darktable and use darktable-generate-cache to create some > > thumbnails > > 5) open darktable and create local copies of the new photos that I want > to > > work on > > > > Having a command to import images from a folder would let me automate > this > > completely, so I could plug my memory card into my laptop, run a single > > command, let it run for however long it needs, and come back to photos > that > > are sorted, saved, and ready to go. A command named darktable-import with > > an option to create local copies of the new images would be perfect for > me. > > I couldn't find anything that does this, and wanted to open the > discussion > > here. Is this something others might find useful? > > you might find useful my rename strategy: > 'lc;exiv2 -T ./*.{nef,jpg}' > 'exiv2 mv \-k \-r %y%m%d_%H%M%S_:basename: \.\/*.{nef,jpg}' > > lc lowercases the filenames > change file-date to exif date-time taken > then renamed to YYMMDD_HHMMSS > year/month/day/hour/minute/second > plus original filename > > 190526_153344_dsc_5940.nef > > > -- > (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 developer mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
