[Shotwell] Feature ideas - Refresh Database and some Import/Export extensions

[Georg Regner]

Hi,

after reading about Shotwell being default photo manager in Ubuntu
10.10, I quickly installed 0.5 from the Ubuntu 10.04 repo and played
around a bit. Really liked it, very intuitive and fast, but some bits I
miss (Please forgive me if I was just too stupid to find them, or missed
them in the mailing list archives, only had a quick look)

- Re-scan archives. When moving/deleting the original pictures, the
database thumbnails persist, and Shotwell does not like to re-import the
full size files. A "database refresh" feature would be nice

- A batch import/rename for all media that may sit on a camera SD card,
including e.g. video files. Maybe using a filename/extension filter
like .jpg, .avi, .mov etc. Get them all from anywhere on the SD card,
rename them to a simple sortable format (YYYYMMDDHH24MISS.EXT, like
renrot. Maybe include renrot in the import process?) before storing in
the library folder

Another idea, not something missing but maybe for later:
A customizable file export or even sync tool for those DLNA enabled NAS
boxes that become increasingly common. Something like "copy selected
files from Shotwell library to NAS' photo/video folder if not already
there, generate a YYYYMM folder for untagged files and a
YYYYMM<firstdayofevent>-EventName folder for  tagged files" (A folder
per day is a bit too much when navigating with a IR remote). Maybe via
simple ftp or another protocol that works on all those NAS devices.

Cheers,
 Georg