[Digikam-devel] [Bug 273811] recreate metadata of a file from cached database information

[Marcel Wiesweg]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273811

Marcel Wiesweg <marcel.wiesweg at gmx.de> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
          Component|Sidecar Management          |Metadata
            Summary|recreating xmp sidecar file |recreate metadata of a file
                   |does not store all          |from cached database
                   |properties                  |information
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
           Severity|normal                      |wishlist

--- Comment #1 from Marcel Wiesweg <marcel.wiesweg at gmx.de> ---
This is not a sidecar issue. Delete the metadata from the file with exiv2, and
call the above function: you will get the same result. The "write metadata to
file" function refers only to the properties which are edited by digikam,
mostly tags, rating, comments, copyright and IPTCcore properties.
The GPS is stored in the database as a cache, but as with other data such as
shutter speed or aperture, the primary storage is only the metadata, and there
is currently no method to recreate lost metadata from cached values.

Obviously, using metadata is easier if it's separate in a sidecar, but
technically there is no difference.

This remains a wish for a metadata recreation function (which will, btw,
necessarily be incomplete compared to the original file)

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.