Lorenzo, thank you very much. I guess the problem with F-Spot appearing as stuck had to do with the fact that it was actually scanning through my entire collection of pictures. I will try being more patient next time. :-)
However, the weird thing is I cannot choose my local disk from the Import function -- it appears F-Spot only looks for external drives or connected cameras. So, I tried creating symlinks of subfolders on my local disk pointing at certain parts of my externally stored photo library -- but no luck: I cannot select them. Anyway, I hope I will be able to post my experience about the tag import from iPhoto later. Talk to you soon. Sergio 2008/3/16, Lorenzo Milesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Il giorno dom, 16/03/2008 alle 17.33 +0100, Sergio De Zordo ha scritto: > > > 1. Can I import in F-Spot recursively all the pictures contained in a > > read-only external drive, not having to copy them on the local drive? > > Yes, sure. Just uncheck "Copy pictures to photo folder" and f-spot will > keep the files where they are. > To avoid waste of time, uncheck the option above BEFORE selecting the > folder you want to import. > And since they are on a RO filesystem, uncheck also the "write metadata" > option in F-Spot preferences, so that the program won't even try to > update exif infos (in case you make modifications). > > > 2. If Answer (1) is 'yes', then: Is there any chance to retain the > > picture tags from iPhoto? My idea is the following: Use some plug-in > > or whatever to make iPhoto write EXIF keywords into the the files; > > Then import them in F-Spot hoping it will recognize such EXIF tags. > > I never used iphoto but I guess it will write standard xmp metadata to > file. if so, f-spot will automatically impot and attach those tags to > your pictures. > > > Regarding question (1), I tried the 'Import' function, but every time > > I select my external drive from the drop-down menu, F-Spot just stops > > responding and I have to kill it. > > F-Spot takes some times and resources at import time, and doesn't > properly display progress. When you select a folder it scans thru it and > all subdirs finding pictures to import. This can take very long and lock > the UI. > I'd suggest you to select one or two directories per import session. Try > importing a maximum of 1000 pictures per time, then 2000 and so on until > you see f-spot can handle the job in a reasonable amount of time. > > ciao, and welcome! > maxxer > -- > Lorenzo Milesi - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > YetOpen S.r.l. - http://www.yetopen.it/ > C.so E. Filiberto, 74 23900 Lecco - ITALY - > Tel 0341 220 205 - Fax 178 607 8199 > > GPG/PGP Key-Id: 0xE704E230 - http://keyserver.linux.it > > -------- D.Lgs. 196/2003 -------- > > Si avverte che tutte le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio sono > riservate ed a uso esclusivo del destinatario. Nel caso in cui questo > messaggio Le fosse pervenuto per errore, La invitiamo ad eliminarlo > senza copiarlo, a non inoltrarlo a terzi e ad avvertirci non appena > possibile. > Grazie. > > _______________________________________________ F-spot-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list
