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<body><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Reading "Exif.Image.XPComment" is now supported in digiKam-8.0.0. </p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;"><a href="https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/37677c757518d064ecea5cea82771fa8c1ad327a">https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/37677c757518d064ecea5cea82771fa8c1ad327a</a></p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Maik</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Am Montag, 7. März 2022, 20:11:04 CET schrieben Sie:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> I think Exif.Image.XPComment is also read-only. Right now we are reading</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Exif.Photo.UserComment and Exif.Image.ImageDescription at the same time in</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> one function. For compatibility reasons I will leave it as it is but split</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> it so that we are compatible for reading about the advanced metadata</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> configuration.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Maik</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Am Montag, 7. März 2022, 19:19:16 CET schrieb Gilles Caulier:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > Hi Maik,</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > Do we need to deal with XPComments as with will need to do with XPKeywords</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > in the future ?</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421464</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > Gilles</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > Le lun. 7 mars 2022 à 19:10, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com> a écrit :</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > Thanks for the sample image. OK, reading the Exif.XPComment is indeed</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > not</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > possible at the moment. Reading exif comments are still hard coded and</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > bypass</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > advanced metadata settings.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > I will fix it .</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > Maik</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > Am Montag, 7. März 2022, 08:37:42 CET schrieben Sie:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > Send me a sample image with a Windows comment.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > Maik</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > Am Sonntag, 6. März 2022, 23:58:40 CET schrieb Rob Wallach:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > Hi,</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > Using digiKam 7.6.0 and trying to get the Windows "Comments" field</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > of</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > a</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > JPG</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > read as the digiKam "Captions" field. Using a test photo not</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > previously</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > manipulated by digiKam and having a simple phrase in the "Comments"</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > field</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > as seen by Windows, in digiKam Metadata the only place where I can</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > see</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > this</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > phrase is in under EXIF "XPComment" of the ExifTool tab. It is also</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > visible as "Windows Comment" under the EXIF tab. So I went to</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > Settings->Configure digiKam->Metadata->Advanced and under "Caption"</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > I</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > tried</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > adding a new read namespace. I tried Exif.XPComment and</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > Exif.Image.XPComment but my Windows "Comments" never appears in</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > digiKam</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > "Captions". I tried disabling all other read namespaces but to no</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > avail.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > No matter what I do, any "Comments" entered in Windows is not read</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > by</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > digiKam. And yes I have re-read the photo metadata (I changed the</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > Windows</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > "Comments" phrase and I see it in the ExifTool XPComment field from</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > within</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > digiKam).</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > Any suggestions? Thanks!</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> > > > > Rob W.</p>
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