Pictures database and library mode; scan EXIF and IPTC metadata tags into a SQL db

I just updated my system today and got the new beta running. Your add on was the first one I found. Thanks so much for working on this!!!! One of my number #1 requests from years ago. Question, do the pictures have to be Local or can they be on a share?

I'm looking forward to working with it... Thanks again.

lennon105 Wrote:Question, do the pictures have to be Local or can they be on a share?

Native XBMC software support SMB access, like in the Music or Video parts of XBMC. In the basic Python scripting SMB access is not implemented, the coder of the add-on should manage itself to access network shares. So, MPD does not access SMB within its file settings.

A work around is to set the network access in the OS systemen and not in XMBC. For eg. in Windows you can use NET USE to make a network mapping to a drive or network folder. I also use a macmini and I have the same 'problem' there. In OSX you can make an automation script, so that the share is mapped before XBMC is started.

Everyhing is said. Except maybe that from my own experience, the scan of smb share is pretty slow compared to local files.
It will be faster when just updating but the first time will be (in any case) slower

Ok...thanks for the info. I have no idea how to setup a share in the OS on my live install. Maybe I should just copy all 14,000+ family photos to the XBMC HD.

Thanks again for the work.

I'm trying to know every os command lines for mounting remote share and I will add the functionnality then.
Waiting for that, I think google is your best friend to know if it is doable and how to mount it from your live XBMC.

lennon105 Wrote:I have no idea how to setup a share in the OS on my live install. Maybe I should just copy all 14,000+ family photos to the XBMC HD.

How do you manage music and movies? Copying?

Solexalex - this is a massive improvement thank you for making the effort.

Maybe this is already present ( i.e in collections - not sure how that works ) but do you have any plans to include the option to "Filter By" keywords ?

for example if your images contain the following keywords

Car
+ Ferrari
Holiday
+ Italy
+ Scotland
People
+ John
+ Paul
+ Mary

Could you present all keywords ? even better would be to present them in tree structure
the user then gets to pick for example

Mary
Italy
Ferrari

and all pictures tagged with Mary or Italy or Ferrari would be picked ( could make it AND as well ) ?

thanks !

I dont know any parent/children relations between keywords. Maybe i missed something or maybe you are talking about categories and supplemental categories...
Anyway it is not handled yet. You can only display the whole list of keywords and for each keyword , showing corresponding pics.
The "collections" are only here to group arbitrary pictures as you will do in a real photo album.

What another user asked me for will be done in a further major version (i.e not planed yet). It consists of smart albums in which you dont insert pictures but which pictures are automatically taken from database corresponding to users setted constraints (pictures with "keyword" taken before "a date".....)
I hope i can code it very soon and t will be easily doable...

As you say i dont think "parent/children" relations exists but i thought i would pose the question this way in case you knew this was the case

In Adobe Bridge you can build a keyword tree , but i don't think this relationship persists when saved to the jpg ( or in the case of RAW files an .xml document )

However your list of keywords with associated pictures is a great start .... you know users always want more

Yes I know and I love it ! It proves that my works is a real need for many users. That is my machine : your likes and your requests !