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

[Adam Dingle]

On 05/18/2010 03:00 AM, Georg Regner wrote:
> 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,

Thanks!

> 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
>    

I agree: this would be useful.  I've recently created a ticket for this 
at http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1941 .

> - 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
>    

As you probably know, Shotwell can import photos (but not yet videos; 
that's http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/855) from SD cards today.  We can't 
yet rename photos on import, but that might be nice, so I've created a 
ticket for that at http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1942 .

> 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.
>    

Syncing/sharing the library between machines 
(http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/1292) is on the roadmap for Shotwell, but 
will probably not happen in the next couple of releases.  We haven't yet 
decided exactly how this work, but I agree it might be nice to be able 
to sync to network storage boxes via FTP or other protocols.

Thanks for your suggestions!

adam