[Digikam-users] Reading tags from XMP sidecar files

Fri Aug 26 18:22:51 BST 2011

Thanks for trying to help. I will try to recover what I can from the old
SQlite database - it has gotten real messed up after using the same one for
many versions of digikam. And I'll keep the xmp files, I'm sure things will
improve in future.

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:18 PM, sleepless <sleeplessregulus at hetnet.nl>wrote:

> **
> Op 26-08-11 19:09, Gys van Zyl schreef:
>
> I don't like that option. I principle I try not to touch my original files
> in any way.
>
> I agree completely. That is why I think the best way to go is completely
> rely on the db (and the copy´s you store) no writing to pictures nor to xmp
> as the latter does not function on dk.
>
> That's why I like the sidecar file - metadata can be added without
> modification to the original file.
>
>  In any event, I don't think its possible yet to write metadata to Canon
> raw files.
>
> no, I was not aware that it was raw.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:40 PM, sleepless <sleeplessregulus at hetnet.nl>wrote:
>
>>  I think you can use exiftool to put the metadata back into your picture
>> and from there digikam can read it again.
>>
>> Rinus
>>
>> Op 26-08-11 18:14, Gys van Zyl schreef:
>>
>> I have that option checked, yes. I'm aware of the problem that when you
>> check this option, all the "normal" exif info is temporarily unavailable.
>> For me this is OK, if only I can get digikam to read and commit to the
>> database what is in the xmp sidecar. I'm only trying to read the tags that I
>> created and ratings that I assigned. These fields I can't even read with the
>> single image read from xmp process.
>>
>>  BTW in the Captions and Tags sidebar, right at the bottom there is a
>> "More" button that you can use to read metadata from all selected images. Or
>> rather, I think that's what it's supposed to do, as this option also does
>> not work for me.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:04 PM, sleepless <sleeplessregulus at hetnet.nl>wrote:
>>
>>> Op 26-08-11 17:58, Photonoxx schreef:
>>>
>>>  Have you check the option to read metadata from XMP side car files in
>>>> the "Metadata tab" of Digikam settings ?
>>>>
>>>> One bad thing when I try this option, is Metadatas seems to be read from
>>>> XMP side car file, but, as EXIF are not wrote in these files, the Exif
>>>> orientation are not read, and a lot of picture doesn't have the right
>>>> orientation, but metadata seems to be read from XMP file.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  With that option set the results are here even worse than without.
>>>
>>> Rinus
>>>
>>>
>>>> Le Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:27:01 +0200, Gys van Zyl <gysvanzyl at gmail.com> a
>>>> écrit:
>>>>
>>>>  Hi Rinus,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the offer to help.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using digikam version 2.0 from Phillip's ppa on ubuntu 11.04.
>>>>>
>>>>> Writing to xmp sidecar definitely works. I can open the xmp file in a
>>>>> text
>>>>> editor and see the tags and rating that I created in digikam. The
>>>>> problem
>>>>> seems to be reading this information back from the xmp into the digikam
>>>>> database.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gys
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 6:21 PM, sleepless <sleeplessregulus at hetnet.nl
>>>>> >wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  **
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Things might have been improved. I am going to do a test. Which
>>>>>> version of
>>>>>> digikam or you using?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rinus
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > XMP sidecar management is not yet fully complete. It's possible
>>>>>> that> my implementation do not support it or a bug appear.>> Look like my
>>>>>> message in relevant entry is clear :>>
>>>>>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220545#c67>> Reading support
>>>>>> must be fine, Writing support not yet.>> Gilles Caulier>> 2011/5/10
>>>>>> sleepless<sleeplessregulus at hetnet.nl> <sleeplessregulus at hetnet.nl>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >> If I do this:>>>> Settings ->  Configure Digikam ->  Metadata ->
>>>>>>  metadata writing mode ->>> Write to XMP sidecar only>>>> and than:>>>>
>>>>>> Tools ->  write metadata to all images>>>> Why do I not see consequently any
>>>>>> XMP files alongside the image files?>>>> Or: How do I get my metadata in XMP
>>>>>> files?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Op 26-08-11 16:54, Gys van Zyl schreef:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I have folders where digikam wrote tags to xmp sidecar files for all
>>>>>> image files. I subsequently created a new database and now I want to
>>>>>> add
>>>>>> these folders to digikam as a collection, with the expectation that
>>>>>> the tags
>>>>>> will be read from the sidecar files. However, this does not happen.
>>>>>> Even
>>>>>> when I use Image>Metadata>Import XMP... for a specific image, the tags
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> not read.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Is there a way to get the tags from the sidecar files into the
>>>>>> digikam
>>>>>> database?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Gys
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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