[Digikam-users] lost of exif data when converting from raw

[Gilles Caulier]

2008/8/11 POTTIER Michel <Michel.pottier at free.fr>:
> Le Monday 11 August 2008 19:14:57 Gilles Caulier, vous avez écrit :
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>> It's abnormal of course. What are you use exactly to do it : image
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>> editor or raw converter kipi plugin ?
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>> Which digiKam version ?
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> 0.9.4 Kde 3.5.9 sur mandriva 2008.1
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>> Which Exiv2 version ?
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> Exiv2 0.16 et KExiv2 librairie 0.1.6
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> KDcraw 0.1.4
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> Dcraw 8.83
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> PNG library 1.2.25
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> Kipi 0.1.5

Hum, not libkipi version. I need "kipi-plugins" package version. It's
not the same

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>> Are you any error messages on the console during conversion ?
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> Running in the console I have (menu Outils (Tools)-->Raw Image Converter)
> the message:
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> Found dcraw version: 8.83
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> Running RAW decoding command: /usr/lib/libkdcraw3/kdcraw -c -e
> '/PHOTOS/Digikam/2008/Irlande/Kerry/Raw/din_5557.nef'
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> Using embedded RAW preview extraction
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> Running RAW decoding command: /usr/lib/libkdcraw3/kdcraw -i -v
> '/PHOTOS/Digikam/2008/Irlande/Kerry/Raw/din_5557.nef'
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> Running RAW decoding command: /usr/lib/libkdcraw3/kdcraw -c -v -f -H 0 -b 1
> -k 0 -w -q 0 -C 1.00000 1.00000 -o 1
> /PHOTOS/Digikam/2008/Irlande/Kerry/Raw/din_5557.nef
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> RAW decoding StdErr: Loading NIKON D200 image from
> /PHOTOS/Digikam/2008/Irlande/Kerry/Raw/din_5557.nef ...
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> RAW decoding StdErr: Scaling with darkness 0, saturation 4028, and
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> multiplier
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> RAW decoding StdErr: 1.91796
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> RAW decoding StdErr: 1.00000
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> RAW decoding StdErr: 1.26171
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> RAW decoding StdErr: 1.00000
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> RAW decoding StdErr:
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> RAW decoding StdErr: Bilinear interpolation...
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> RAW decoding StdErr: Converting to sRGB colorspace...
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> RAW decoding StdErr: Writing data to standard output ...
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> (800 x 536) JPEG image preview size: 90526 bytes
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> digikam: Noticed file change in directory
> /PHOTOS/Digikam/2008/Irlande/Kerry/Raw
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> Cannot save metadata using Exiv2 (Size of IPTC JPEG segment is larger than
> 65535 bytes)
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Ok, this is the problem. I have already fixed this one into digiKam
core but I'm not sure about kipi-plugin raw converter.

Just to be sure, please try to open RAW to digiKam image editor and
same it JPEG.

Gilles