![]() Maybe I have a map of a local historic site that ties into an epub. Sometimes, I'll have MP3, MP4 and a PDF.īut even beyond that. If I have a mp3 of an oral history and then a pdf of the transcript, i'd like to link them together and not have to go from my pdf library to my audio library and back. It is starting to sound like the Zotero option like I have been doing might be the best for mixing medium types. I still had to go to different places to see what I had or if I had oral history recordings, they were not in the photo library so I'd have to go to the audio library. That method though still didn't do everything I was hoping it would. But I would use these different software for the file types and then when they where used in research, they were linked via Zotero and Zotero was my research library. Just felt a little clunky but maybe I should give it a go. I used Digikam but wasn't super impressed with it. In the past, I have basically done what you recommended. Just keep my files in my GDrive for when I'm on the move and be able to sync from my home computer to my work computer. I also don't want to have to run some big pain in the rear end server. But running a library catalog is not ideal and most of the cheaper smaller ones for personal use do not allow for the various format and item types I'd have. I am a librarian most days and have been for a long time, so I like (or at least tend to) think of having a single catalog, just like a library would, with MY content in it - my own personal database. But then you hack at block of stone to get a wheel. It's python and sqlite and probably relatively easy to code. Calibre is excellent but not optimised for performance.Ĭan it be done? Sure. ![]() Type in "death" in the search bar, get results for 187 books, 689 metal tracks, 3543 goth tracks and 7623 photos of cemeteries? That would take ages. ![]() I love that program but performance would be abysmal. And thats just one program optimised for photos.Īnd to be honest: I wouldn't want to manage 50000 files in Calibre. I wouldn't want to have 30000 photos in calibre. Digikam has extensive management capabilities, can recognise faces, tags, moves files around etc. With plugins that solve specific problems for music like tag-editing and whatnot. Rhythmbox or Amarok or whatever build databases there as well. I don't see the benefit of having all my mp3s in there. I manage ebooks as well as physical books (and library books) in it. I'm a fan of the old Unix-philosophy to "have one program that does one task fine". ![]()
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