<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 7:58 AM James Orr <<a href="mailto:jorr1948@earthlink.net">jorr1948@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div class="gmail-m_-1920044963151576539moz-signature"> Most of my new files are CR2 raw from Canon EOS 6D Mk
II. Database statistics show total images as 17853 in 1080
folders. As far as I can tell from spot checks, neither tagging
nor color/pick labels stick. The database is configured as SQLite.<br>
<br>
Metadata behavior for WRITE TO METADATA, all are checked, except
for face tags. READING AND WRITING METADATA none are checked.
SODECARS is sent to READ FROM and not WRITE TO.<br>
<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Writing metadata _to_ the CR2? That's generally a bad idea in any case; did you try to write to sidecars instead? CR2 is an undocumented format, writing metadata there is considered highly experimental and might corrupt your data. Not even sure if Digikam supports this in the first instance, I never dared trying ;-) </div></div></div>