Re: filename clashes du to multiple cameras: an issue

[Bengt Thuree <bengt thuree com>]

On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 01:29 +0200, Emanuele Olivetti wrote:
> Bengt Thuree wrote:

> > No worries, F-Spot will rename one of the photos if two photos have the
> > same name.
> > So, you will have IMG_1000, and IMG_1000-1
> >
> > /Bengt
> >   
> 
> Excellent. So I can assume that the original name is lost and when
> I export a picture to a web gallery it appears just with the new name
> (correct me if I'm wrong).
> 

Assume the following:

Importing IMG_1000 and IMG_1001 from Camera 1.
Importing IMG_0999 and IMG_1000 from Camera 2.

If these are taken on the same day:

F-Spot will store these as
YYYY/MM/DD/IMG_1000               Camera 1
YYYY/MM/DD/IMG_1001               Camera 1
YYYY/MM/DD/IMG_0999               Camera 2
YYYY/MM/DD/IMG_1000-1             Camera 2

If all of the above photos were taken on different days, the the
YYYY/MM/DD will be different and the original image names will be
unique, and f-spot will not add a "-1" or a "-2" ...

/Bengt