Plugin for importing files from your filesystem without duplication.

This plugin lets you have all your original files in one folder on your file system, and it will stop MediaGoblin from copying those files to its own locations.

It will try to make mediagoblin not touch/ruin your files (no guarantees!), but it will make a mg_cache folder in the directory.

If transcoding is required for videos, they will be made within the mg_cache folder. See the wiki for an example of how to configure this to minimise the amount of transcoding required.

The plugin has currently been tested on what will become MediaGoblin 0.8.

Clone gmg_localfiles into mediagoblin/plugins/gmg_localfiles in your mediagoblin directory.

Example setup in mediagoblin.ini:

[storage:queuestore]
base_dir = /srv/media/Pictures
storage_class = gmg_localfiles.storage:PersistentFileStorage

[storage:publicstore]
base_dir = /srv/media/Pictures
base_url = /mgoblin_media/
storage_class = gmg_localfiles.storage:PersistentFileStorage

[plugins]
[[mediagoblin.plugins.gmg_localfiles]]

You will also need to serve the files, so in paste.ini:

[app:publicstore_serve]
use = egg:Paste#static
document_root = %(here)s/user_dev/media/public/

From the mediagoblin root folder run python -m mediagoblin.plugins.gmg_localfiles.import_files.