[Digikam-users] dates in video files

[Luis Bernardo]

It seems that the date shown in Digikam in the time the thumbnail was 
generated and that is the time that is recorded in the database.

Luis Bernardo wrote:

>Hello. I am having some problems with the dates for video (*.avi) files.
>
>For instance, I have a particular video file that shows (once we 
>configure digikam to show the file modification date for thumbnails) the 
>date 2006-01-28 16:35. Now, if I use the File Browser and look at the 
>files properties I have the dates 2006-01-19 19:59:48 as the Modified 
>date (the time the picture was taken), 2006-02-11 11:47:37 as the 
>Accessed date (I just looked at the file today), and 2006-01-28 16:36:01 
>as the Last Changed date (the time the file was moved from the camera to 
>the desktop). If I go to the folder the file is and do a ls -l I get:
>-rwxr-xr-x  1 lmpmbernardo lmpmbernardo 11702008 Jan 19 19:59 imgp1315.avi
>
>The question is then, a) why is Digikam using the "Last Changed" date 
>instead of the "Modified" date, and/or b) how can I force it to show the 
>"Modified" date.
>
>Also, for some reason this does not happen for all video files. I think 
>the problem happens if I have Digikam launched and showing the album 
>where I am moving the video files to as I do the file transfer. I also 
>used the mv command to move the files from the camera to the desktop.
>
>Thanks,
>Luis
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