As I understand it, film rolls in Darktable correspond directly to filesystem directories, so if you want new names for the film rolls you will need to rename the directories.
-- August Schwerdfeger aug...@schwerdfeger.name On 12/21/2016 02:17 PM, Georg Troska wrote: > Hello Hanatos, > > I already tried my first importing on the dataset of the last year: > > in iPhoto my photos are stored on a yearly basis followed by a daily > basis (e.g. 2016/31.10.2016/00001.NEF). > > So when I am importing the folder 2016 recursively I will get as many > filmrolls as there are folders in 2016 with the names of the folders. > It would be very nice if the dates would be replaced by the names that > I used in iPhoto. In iPhoto these names are stored in a sqlite3 > database. I think when I would write a small programm I could receive > the names per folder from that database. But how do I tell darktable > "please import this folder and use this name"or "please import this > folder use this name and use this geo-location" > > Most of picuters are RAW (I'm using an old Nikon D50). Additionally > there are many photos I did before I figured what RAW is :-) and a > photos from the iPhone (all JPG) > > importing 2000 pics worked in less than 3 minutes. I think performance > is not a problem here. > > When I'm calling darktable using a folder as parameter you say it will > import this folder. What will be the name of the filmroll? Can I set > it manually? > > Georg > > > On 21.12.2016 20:50, johannes hanika wrote: >> hi, >> >> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Georg Troska >> <georg.tro...@uni-dortmund.de> wrote: >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> I've been using Apples iPhoto since its beginning. I think now its >>> the time >>> to move to a better system like darktable. >>> >>> As I'm really familiar with iPhoto now, so maybe I just do not >>> understand >>> the mechanism how photos are arranged in darktable: >>> >>> I tried to import the "Originals" folder from my iPhoto-Library, but >>> I do >>> not get a clou how I can use the filmroll concept in a usefull way.... >>> >>> I think the filmrolls do have the meaning of events in iPhoto.. right? >> hm. i have no idea about iphoto, so can't tell. >> >>> So what can I do to import my library to darktable? Is there a way >>> to create >>> filmrolls from the cli? I think I could manage to acquire the >>> information >>> from the sqlite3.db of iPhoto when using ruby. How can I apply >>> further data >>> (e.g. the modified fotos) to darktable. >> you can import recursively (there's a checkbox for that if you're >> importing with the dt gui). >> >> may i ask what kind of pictures that is? all jpg? different raws? >> recursive import can be very slow on big collections and be very >> frustrating if there is one corrupted picture that crashes the whole >> process. >> >>> What I'm searching for is a shell-command like: >>> >>> darktable-import --filmroll <xxx> --modified <yyy> --geotag <zzz> >>> <list of >>> files> >> no clue what your options there suggest in terms of functionality. you >> can call darktable with a folder as argument, it will be imported. >> >> cheers, >> jo >> ____________________________________________________________________________ >> >> darktable user mailing list >> to unsubscribe send a mail to >> darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org >> > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
