Re: [Tracker] tag photos on import

[Alexey Fisher <bug-track fisher-privat net>]

Am Samstag, den 13.02.2010, 11:25 +0200 schrieb Debarshi Ray:
> > i working currently on a small project which interpret DCIM name system
> > produced by cameras. I started it to fix my photo workflow.
>
> Interesting.
>
> > The programs like F-Spot are big monsters if you use it on netbook.
> > Especially if you use it only to import, tag and search photos. Most of
> > this can be done by tracker alone.
>
> Shameless plug. Did you know about Solang:
> http://projects.gnome.org/solang It is not as mature as F-Spot, yet,
> and its UI needs to be tweaked a bit to make it work nicely with
> smaller screens, but it uses Tracker for all sorts of things: tags,
> exif, searching. However it does not do imports from cameras.
>
> > Normally all you see if you import photos from the camera, is a batch of
> > files. For me these are groups, like panorama, interval and normal
> > photos, audio comments and filtered or edited photos related to some
> > original photos. All of this is possible to interpret if they are on the
> > cam. After you import it this information is mostly lost.
> > My idea is to tag and group this photos on import, and safe this
> > information to tracker.
>
> Sometime ago, on the Fedora lists there was a talk of a small
> dedicated photo importer application:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-November/msg00735.html
>
> Earlier, it was unclear to me as to what is missing in F-Spot or
> GThumb. But it looks like you have some ideas. Also, I think things
> can be improved to fit into the Tracker way of doing things so that
> the workflow fits in nicely with applications like Solang.
>
> Cheers,
> Debarshi

Thank you for the tip. It looks like there is currently no photo
downloader wich working with tracker. (rapid photo downloader do not
working with tracker)
I making some thouts about it, may be i'll make a try.
I need to know before some things.

How do i mark relations between files? For example:
- Image IMG1234.JPG has audio comment IMG1234.WAV. How do i tell it to
tracker.
- I import 3 panorama batches, IMG0001.JPG - IMG0006.JPG; IMG0007.JPG -
IMG00014.JPG. 1 is related to 2 -> 3 -> 4 ...-> 6 is not related to 7.
here beginn new batch. What is the best way to handle this?
- Image 1 hase modified version 2. Again, how do i handle this?
- Before i import some photos i need to know if there some ready
imported. Do you have special field  for md5sum or what ever? or you
have other ideas?

regards,
Alexey