[Digikam-users] Re: Save metadata to files not working

[Ben Staude]

Hi again,

> I'm using digikam 1.2.0 (kubuntu lucid). I'm trying to save image metadata
> to the image files (right sidebar -> more -> save metadata to all files or
> Album -> save metadata to files). This is not working (images on disk are
> left unchanged), and digikam says "Digikam::CollectionScanner::scanAlbum:
> Folder does not exist or is not readable: <path to file>" for every file.
> The paths are correct, and the files are read-/writeable for me. What's
> wrong here?

While double checking the permissions again (they're definitely ok), I found 
out that - despite the warning/error message - the metadata *is* actually 
being written into the image file, but the files modification timestamp is not 
being updated (I guess this is not a bug, but a feature..??).

Still confused by the warning/error message, I found out that once I 
edit/modify and save one image in the album (F4), digiKam somehow does/gets a 
filesystem update and doesn't print the warning/error message any more, even 
when metadata of another image in the album is changed!?

BTW, the files timestamp is updated after modify+save in the image editor 
which, for me, is only partially consistent with the metadata behaviour 
mentioned above.

I hope I was able to describe my observations clearly enough and you can make 
sense of it (or verify it against the intended behaviour)?

Ben