Thanks for trying to help. I will try to recover what I can from the old SQlite database - it has gotten real messed up after using the same one for many versions of digikam. And I'll keep the xmp files, I'm sure things will improve in future.<div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:18 PM, sleepless <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl">sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Op 26-08-11 19:09, Gys van Zyl schreef:
<div class="im"><blockquote type="cite">I don't like that option. I principle I try not to
touch my original files in any way. </blockquote></div>
I agree completely. That is why I think the best way to go is
completely rely on the db (and the copy´s you store) no writing to
pictures nor to xmp as the latter does not function on dk.<div class="im"><br>
<blockquote type="cite">That's why I like the sidecar file - metadata can be
added without modification to the original file.
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<div>In any event, I don't think its possible yet to write
metadata to Canon raw files.</div>
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no, I was not aware that it was raw.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:40 PM,
sleepless <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl" target="_blank">sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I think you can use
exiftool to put the metadata back into your picture and
from there digikam can read it again.<br>
<br>
Rinus<br>
<br>
Op 26-08-11 18:14, Gys van Zyl schreef:
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<blockquote 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>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at
7:04 PM, sleepless <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl" target="_blank">sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"> Op
26-08-11 17:58, Photonoxx schreef:
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"> Have you check the
option to read metadata from XMP side car
files in the "Metadata tab" of Digikam
settings ?<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
Rinus
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Le Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:27:01 +0200, Gys
van Zyl <<a href="mailto:gysvanzyl@gmail.com" target="_blank">gysvanzyl@gmail.com</a>>
a écrit:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"> Hi Rinus,<br>
<br>
Thanks for the offer to help.<br>
<br>
I'm using digikam version 2.0 from
Phillip's ppa on ubuntu 11.04.<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
Gys<br>
<br>
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 6:21 PM,
sleepless <<a href="mailto:sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl" target="_blank">sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl</a>>wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"> **<br>
<br>
Things might have been improved. I
am going to do a test. Which version
of<br>
digikam or you using?<br>
<br>
Rinus<br>
<br>
> 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 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 href="mailto:sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl" target="_blank">sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl</a>>
<<a href="mailto:sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl" target="_blank">sleeplessregulus@hetnet.nl</a>>:<br>
<br>
>> 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>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Op 26-08-11 16:54, Gys van Zyl
schreef:<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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