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jensb / iphoto2xmp

Export an Apple iPhoto image library to a new directory (using hardlinks) with all metadata saved in XMP sidecar files.
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What happens after export? #17

Closed mlevin77 closed 6 years ago

mlevin77 commented 6 years ago

Once I actually get it to work, what's next - how do I bring the content into DigiKam? It's working a little bit for me (creating some files/directories, before it quits with an error); looking forward to the day it finishes the run, what do I do with the resulting .sql files and the directory - how to import to DigiKam?

jensb commented 6 years ago

The output directory just needs to be added to Digikam as a collection. Or copied into Digikam's existing collections. Preferably while Digikam is not running. The SQL files that the script creates are only relevant if you have grouped photos (which I only use to combine original and edited versions of images) or you have comments in Events (which only existed as a feature until iPhoto'09, I think).

Note: if you delete these files and reimport them, you need to do some Digikam database maintenance (menu option) or re-read the metadata from the files (also a menu option), otherwise Digikam will re-use the old metadata from these files.