<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpaddf6801yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">In which case may I try yet again to get an answer to a similar question: If metadata changes (eg tags) have been written to the image can they be exported in a sidecar file for backup purposes (to be associated with an older offline version of the file that lacks the changes)?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">And please tell me if this is an inappropriate question to ask here!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks -</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ron</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpaddf6801signature">Ronald Orenstein<br>1825 Shady Creek Court<br>Mississauga, ON L5L 3W2<br>Canada<br>ronorenstein.blogspot.com<br>ronorensteinwriter.blogspot.com</div></div>
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On Friday, December 3, 2021, 03:23:48 p.m. EST, Marc Palaus <marcpalaus@hotmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Perfect! That's what I wanted to know. Thanks<br clear="none"><div class="ydpf7dc0988yqt0596583411" id="ydpf7dc0988yqtfd42093"><br clear="none">El 3/12/21 a les 15:19, Maik Qualmann ha escrit:<br clear="none">> For some time now, whether a sidecar exists has been shown in the Properties<br clear="none">> tab of the right sidebar in the Item Properties section.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Maik<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Am Freitag, 3. Dezember 2021, 21:00:11 CET schrieb Marc Palaus:<br clear="none">>> Hi,<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> I don't know if there's any way of knowing which photos are using<br clear="none">>> sidecar files in Digikam. I personally activate the option to "Read from<br clear="none">>> sidecar files" and "Write to sidecar files" but only fore read-only<br clear="none">>> items. Basically, I only want to use sidecars for writing XMP metadata<br clear="none">>> for video files, not pictures.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> However, sometimes because I set some incorrect permissions in some<br clear="none">>> files and they are read-only, digikam writes sidecars for those pictures<br clear="none">>> too. The problem comes when you want to edit those pictures metadata<br clear="none">>> once they are writable again. Digikam writes the changes to the picture<br clear="none">>> (since they're not read-only anymore), but metadata is read from the<br clear="none">>> sidecar, which has been left untouched, so for digikam's database it's<br clear="none">>> as if nothing happened, and can be a bit confusing.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Is there any way to see if a sidecar is present in digikam's interface?<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> (I could open a bug report if this is something that could be worth<br clear="none">>> considering, I just wanted to ask first.)<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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