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    I think you can use exiftool to put the metadata back into your
    picture and from there digikam can read it again.<br>
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    Rinus<br>
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    Op 26-08-11 18:14, Gys van Zyl schreef:
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      type="cite">I have that option checked, yes. I'm aware of the
      problem that when you check this option, all the "normal" exif
      info is temporarily unavailable. For me this is OK, if only I can
      get digikam to read and commit to the database what is in the xmp
      sidecar. I'm only trying to read the tags that I created and
      ratings that I assigned. These fields I can't even read with the
      single image read from xmp process. 
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      <div>BTW in the Captions and Tags sidebar, right at the bottom
        there is a "More" button that you can use to read metadata from
        all selected images. Or rather, I think that's what it's
        supposed to do, as this option also does not work for me.<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:04 PM,
          sleepless <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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            Op 26-08-11 17:58, Photonoxx schreef:
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                Have you check the option to read metadata from XMP side
                car files in the "Metadata tab" of Digikam settings ?<br>
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                One bad thing when I try this option, is Metadatas seems
                to be read from XMP side car file, but, as EXIF are not
                wrote in these files, the Exif orientation are not read,
                and a lot of picture doesn't have the right orientation,
                but metadata seems to be read from XMP file.<br>
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            With that option set the results are here even worse than
            without.<br>
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            Rinus
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                  Le Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:27:01 +0200, Gys van Zyl <<a
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                    Hi Rinus,<br>
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                    Thanks for the offer to help.<br>
                    <br>
                    I'm using digikam version 2.0 from Phillip's ppa on
                    ubuntu 11.04.<br>
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                    Writing to xmp sidecar definitely works. I can open
                    the xmp file in a text<br>
                    editor and see the tags and rating that I created in
                    digikam. The problem<br>
                    seems to be reading this information back from the
                    xmp into the digikam<br>
                    database.<br>
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                    Gys<br>
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                    On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 6:21 PM, sleepless <<a
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                      target="_blank">sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl</a>>wrote:<br>
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                      **<br>
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                      Things might have been improved. I am going to do
                      a test. Which version of<br>
                      digikam or you using?<br>
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                      Rinus<br>
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                      > XMP sidecar management is not yet fully
                      complete. It's possible that> my implementation
                      do not support it or a bug appear.>> Look
                      like my message in relevant entry is clear
                      :>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220545#c67"
                        target="_blank">https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220545#c67</a>>>
                      Reading support must be fine, Writing support not
                      yet.>> Gilles Caulier>> 2011/5/10
                      sleepless<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                      <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl"
                        target="_blank">sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl</a>>:<br>
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                      >> If I do this:>>>> Settings
                      ->  Configure Digikam ->  Metadata ->
                       metadata writing mode ->>> Write to XMP
                      sidecar only>>>> and
                      than:>>>> Tools ->  write metadata
                      to all images>>>> Why do I not see
                      consequently any XMP files alongside the image
                      files?>>>> Or: How do I get my
                      metadata in XMP files?<br>
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                      Op 26-08-11 16:54, Gys van Zyl schreef:<br>
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                      Hi,<br>
                      <br>
                       I have folders where digikam wrote tags to xmp
                      sidecar files for all<br>
                      image files. I subsequently created a new database
                      and now I want to add<br>
                      these folders to digikam as a collection, with the
                      expectation that the tags<br>
                      will be read from the sidecar files. However, this
                      does not happen. Even<br>
                      when I use Image>Metadata>Import XMP... for
                      a specific image, the tags are<br>
                      not read.<br>
                      <br>
                       Is there a way to get the tags from the sidecar
                      files into the digikam<br>
                      database?<br>
                      <br>
                       Gys<br>
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