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Ah, thanks for the tip. I'll definitely be unchecking that option!<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces@kde.org> on behalf of Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> February 2, 2022 3:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <digikam-users@kde.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [digiKam-users] Reread metadata from files: Can this extend to XMP sidecars?</font>
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<div class="PlainText">If you do not activate "Sidecar filenames are compatible with commercial
<br>
programs" a separate sidecar will be created for each image/video format, even <br>
if the base name is the same. You need to know whether you really need the <br>
sidecar BASENAME.xmp for other programs or whether BASENAME.EXT.xmp would be <br>
better for you. <br>
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Maik<br>
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Am Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2022, 04:57:16 CET schrieb Will Rose:<br>
> Ah ok that was my problem. Thanks! I had:<br>
> <br>
> - Read from sidecar files (Unchecked)<br>
> - Write to sidecar file (Checked)<br>
> ---- Write to XMP sidecar for read-only item only<br>
> - Sidecar filenames are compatible with commercial programs (Checked)<br>
> <br>
> The solution was to make the "Read from sidecar files" option checked on the<br>
> system that was trying to read from the XMP sidecars into the database.<br>
> <br>
> It was a little messier than I had hoped though, but not really DigiKam's<br>
> fault. If you have your iPhone set to record "live photos", what gets saved<br>
> is 1 image in HEIF format, and 1 video in MOV format. However, they use the<br>
> same filename (i.e., IMG_1803.HEIF, IMG_1803.MOV). Unfortunately that means<br>
> that if I add a tag to the HEIF file, which gets written to XMP sidecar, I<br>
> have to make sure I don't add a tag to the matching MOV. If I do, it<br>
> overwrites the XMP sidecar with the video's metadata.<br>
> <br>
> Similarly, if I have a folder full of tagged HEIF files with XMP sidecars,<br>
> if I want to update the database I can't simply select Album > Reread<br>
> metadata from files. If I do that, DigiKam will try and use that XMP<br>
> sidecar metadata for both the HEIF file and the MOV file with the matching<br>
> name. I'm assuming that could cause problems trying to copy image metadata<br>
> into a video file? Instead I have to filter by HEIF files first, then in<br>
> the Caption panel select More > Read metadata from each file into the<br>
> database.<br>
> <br>
> ________________________________<br>
> From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces@kde.org> on behalf of Gilles<br>
> Caulier <caulier.gilles@gmail.com> Sent: February 1, 2022 2:02 AM<br>
> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power<br>
> of open source <digikam-users@kde.org> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] Reread<br>
> metadata from files: Can this extend to XMP sidecars?<br>
> <br>
> Hi,<br>
> <br>
> In digiKam configuration setup dialog, what's your settings from<br>
> Metadata/Sidecars/Write to Sidecars and especially the combo-box options<br>
> for writing mode operations ?<br>
> <br>
> Best<br>
> <br>
> Giles Caulier<br>
> <br>
> Le mar. 1 févr. 2022 à 04:10, Will Rose<br>
> <will.rose@outlook.com<mailto:will.rose@outlook.com>> a écrit : This is<br>
> what I'm trying to do...<br>
> <br>
> I have a dual boot environment, Ubuntu and Windows. Two separate SQLite<br>
> DB's, but both point to the same folders and files.<br>
> <br>
> I am trying to do all my DigiKam tagging in Ubuntu since the program runs<br>
> much nicer. Then when I boot into Windows I'd like to select Album > Reread<br>
> metadata from files, so that my Windows DB gets updated.<br>
> <br>
> This works fine if the metadata gets written from Ubuntu into the files<br>
> themselves, such as with JPG files. However, if I'm tagging HEIC and video<br>
> files and it is creating XMP sidecars, DigiKam is not willing to treat<br>
> those as "metadata from files" so there is no easy way to update my Windows<br>
> DB.<br>
> <br>
> Is this possible to do? Is there an option I'm missing? Thanks!<br>
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