


mounting the "photo" NFS directory on the computer running digikam.adding a "photo" user group with permissions to read and write that filesystem via NFS.exporting the "photo" directory via NFS.Storing the files primarily on the Synology filesystem.Filesystemįirst of all, we've got to configure the underlying filesystem to work on the same files. Making no guarantee against race conditions (i.e., use this only for personal photo management), both systems can operate on the same set of photos without misunderstanding one another. The two systems are largeley interoperable. It is a PHP-based web gallery that has metadata search, indexing, and basic editing capabilities (including, as with Digikam, tags, face tags, ratings, and captions). Synology Photo Station is a commercial (but free-as-in-beer) photo management tool. It has many wonderful features such as facial recognition. It also keeps a database (for speed), but it can be configured to synchronize things like general tags, face tags, ratings, and captions with the EXIF, XMP, and IPTC metadata of the files themselves. Its "killer feature" for my particular application is the ability to store nearly all its data in the photo metadata. Notes on interoperability between Digikam and Synology Photo Station 6 Background DigiKamĭigikam is an open source photo management tool.
