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<li>Gather photos at several locations (Windoze PC's) into one central media repository</li> | <li>Gather photos at several locations (Windoze PC's) into one linux-based central media repository (aka mediacenter)</li> | ||
<li>Leave the photos at the original locations</li> | <li>Leave the photos at the original locations</li> | ||
<li>Anticipate some maintenance of photos at the original locations</li> | <li>Anticipate some maintenance of photos at the original locations</li> | ||
<li>Use [http://gallery.menalto.com/ gallery] (a great LAMP webapp) to manage the | <li>Use [http://gallery.menalto.com/ gallery] (a great LAMP webapp) to manage the mediacenter photos</li> | ||
<li>Management should include creation of a public directory for shared photos</li> | <li>Management should include creation of a public directory for shared photos</li> | ||
<li>Minimize duplication on the | <li>Minimize duplication on the mediacenter</li> | ||
<li>Access to public photos via the web and for screensavers</li> | |||
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Solution components: | |||
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<li>gallery on mediacenter</li> | |||
<li>xscreensaver on mediacenter</li> | |||
<li>Windows nightly batch-file task to copy new photos to mediacenter</li> | |||
<li>Four directories on mediacenter | |||
<li>archive - holds original photos</li> | |||
<li>dump - holds newest photos and symlinks to old in archive</li> | |||
<li>managed - holds symlinks to archive</li> | |||
<li>public - symlink to public directory in managed</li> | |||
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<li>linked photo import script</li> | |||
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Revision as of 15:59, 29 February 2008
Requirements:
- Gather photos at several locations (Windoze PC's) into one linux-based central media repository (aka mediacenter)
- Leave the photos at the original locations
- Anticipate some maintenance of photos at the original locations
- Use gallery (a great LAMP webapp) to manage the mediacenter photos
- Management should include creation of a public directory for shared photos
- Minimize duplication on the mediacenter
- Access to public photos via the web and for screensavers
Solution components:
- gallery on mediacenter
- xscreensaver on mediacenter
- Windows nightly batch-file task to copy new photos to mediacenter
- Four directories on mediacenter
- archive - holds original photos
- dump - holds newest photos and symlinks to old in archive
- managed - holds symlinks to archive
- public - symlink to public directory in managed
- linked photo import script