LinkedPhotoImport

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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