[Digikam-users] Editiing metadata not possible

[Caspar Maessen]

Op dinsdag 9 september 2008, schreef Caspar Maessen:

  > Today I noticed that it is not possible to edit metadata with
  > Image>Metadata>Edit EXIF or >Edit IPTC. The resulting dialog doesn't let
  > me change anything. The caption of the dialog also states (read only).
  >
  > digikam 0.9.5-svn
  > kexiv2 0.1.8 (from svn)
  > exiv2 library 0.18-pre1 (from svn)
  > kdcraw 0.1.5 (from svn)
  > dcraw library 8.87
  > png library 1.2.18
  >
  > Editing the caption in the metadata-sidebar, works as it should, as does
  > changing tags, which changes the IPTC-keywords. So what's needed to be
  > able to use metadata-editing through the menu.

Op dinsdag 9 september 2008, schreef Caspar Maessen:

  > It appeared to me just now, that the above mentioned behavior, only
  > applies to  jpg's. The menu-options work like a charm on nef's (14bits
  > from a Nikon D300)  and tiff's (16 bits converted with BibblePro).

I searched the mailinglist for this phenomenon. I only found that nefs weren't 
writable. The weird thing now is that it has turned the other way around. 
Nefs are, but jpegs aren't writeable. Has somebody else experienced this as 
wel, and what is the solution?

Caspar.