

Well that's what I'm using at the moment.

I've left "Use a compatible file name for writing to sidecar file" un-checked, but only because I'm not sure what it means. The built-in security and resiliency features you get automatically make this a no-brainer. On the other hand, if youre confident the drive will be used exclusively in Windows (as your computers internal SSD would likely be), go NTFS.
#Shared digikam database across comouters plus#
Set "Write to sidecar files" plus setting whether data is written to "item and XMP sidecar" or "XMP sidecar" In this case, the wider overall support of the exFAT filesystem will make your cross-platform work a lot easier. Settings -> Sidecars - Reading and Writing Sidecars Set "Update file modification timestamp when files are modified" Local, to replace the local SQLite storage and latter. Blockchain is a distributed and shared database of transactions that facilitates the exchange of value. Settings -> Behaviour - Reading and Writing Metadata Using MySQL as digiKams database back-end allows you to store the data on local as well as remote server. Once set Darktable will ask if data from changed XMP files should be loaded. However, a preference does exist in Darktable that will cause Darktable to look for changed XMP files at start up and ask if the database should be updated with values from the changed XMP files.
#Shared digikam database across comouters software#
Subsequent changes to the XMP file by any other software are not visible to Darktable. Once an image has been imported into Darktable the database entries take precedence over the XMP file. If an XMP sidecar file exists then data is taken from this file. This happens when an image is initially imported into Darktable. And to use digikams internal Mysql server, go to Settings > Configure digikam > Database and its in the dropdown. The first important point is to keep in mind that Darktable keeps all metadata in its database for fast access. digiKam will ask you to choose a location to store your images and albums. More about digiKam A professional digital photo management application for KDE (it will work on Linux, Windows and MacOS), which makes importing and organizing. I think that I've found the required settings to get DigiKam and Darktable to cooperate over tags and star ratings. Start digiKam from the main menu or by pressing Alt+F2 and entering digikam.
