I have moved the folder xnviewmp (including the *.db files) to my
synced Google Drive folder and I can successfully use xnviewmp from
different computers once I put the correct settings.
Nevertheless, the problem is that while I can search and see the thumbnails correctly,
the information on the actual location is different for different computers because
the same external drive gets different names. For example, for a given picture I have
the following path in xnviewmp:
\Volumes\LACIE1TB\FOTOS\20160800_OSOS\
while windows sees that path as
D:\fotos\20160800_osos
Therefore, while I can see the thumbnail, I cannot open the picture.
Is there a solution? If not, could this problem be addressed in future versions?
Thanks
name of external drive in different computers
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Re: name of external drive in different computers
If the base path of your pictures folder are not the same, you should use 'base path' settings>catalog
Pierre.
Re: name of external drive in different computers
I do not understand: What should I write in in the box named "Base path of your pictures"?xnview wrote:If the base path of your pictures folder are not the same, you should use 'base path' settings>catalog
Should I write 'base path'?
or /Volumes/LACIET1B/FOTOS which is where my fotos live?
At this moment I have "/", which should be the default.
Is it possible to define a relative path? (relative to where xnview program lives?)
Re: name of external drive in different computers
if your photos are all on /Volumes/LACIET1B/FOTOS on your first computer, yes
and on your second computer, if for example, you use /Volumes/OTHER/FOTOS, enter this path in base path
and on your second computer, if for example, you use /Volumes/OTHER/FOTOS, enter this path in base path
Pierre.
Re: name of external drive in different computers
Maybe I don't understand how BasePath works, but I thought if the first PC had not started with the defined basepath then all original folders in the DB would start with /Volumes/LACIET1B/FOTOS/, so no matter what base path is assigned on the second PC it will never find the existing images.xnview wrote:if your photos are all on /Volumes/LACIET1B/FOTOS on your first computer, yes
and on your second computer, if for example, you use /Volumes/OTHER/FOTOS, enter this path in base path
Re: name of external drive in different computers
BasePath is to use relative path for the folder of your photos
Pierre.
Re: name of external drive in different computers
I understand that much, but I thought that the BasePath mechanism only works if the original PC has the base path defined at the time the DB entry for the folder is created.xnview wrote:BasePath is to use relative path for the folder of your photos
I think if you only change basePath on the second PC then it will not find any entries already created.
Re: name of external drive in different computers
yes you need to change it only the first time, before to create thumbnailsCameronD wrote:I understand that much, but I thought that the BasePath mechanism only works if the original PC has the base path defined at the time the DB entry for the folder is created.xnview wrote:BasePath is to use relative path for the folder of your photos
I think if you only change basePath on the second PC then it will not find any entries already created.
Pierre.