Re: Switching metadata from DB to in files

[Pat Riehecky <jcpunk gmail com>]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Pat Riehecky <jcpunk gmail com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Ulf Rompe <ulf exiflow org> wrote:
>> Am 16.02.2011 22:41, schrieb Pat Riehecky:
>>>
>>> Somehow I got set from store in photos to store in DB (odds are its my
>>> fault), which is making my sync across multiple systems a bit
>>> complex...  I very much wish to get all my tags into the photos
>>> themselves, but I don't know what to do.
>>
>> Wouldn't it help to create a dummy tag, mark all photos, attach the dummy
>> tag to all photos, and remove it from all photos afterwards?
>>
>
> Perhaps here my lack of expertise shines most brightly, but would this
> dummy tag modification (provided I have the Preferences->Store Tags
> Inside Photos set) force _all tags_ to be written to all effected
> photos?  My expectation is that it would merely modify the tag in
> question (and thus not migrate the remaining tags) in order to not
> introduce a performance regression (only change what changed rather
> than re-write everything, but since I don't know how the metadata
> works this is merely a guess).... but I'll give it a shot on a few
> photos.  Attempting it on the whole collection might be a bit intense
> (161Gb of photos.....) but if its this or nothing!
>
> Pat
>

Looks like this works as Ulf Rompe suggested!


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