[Digikam-users] Re: names in caption list

[Errol Sapir]

Hi Dotan
After the problem described in the thread "digikam not opening"  being 
solved, I now have gone back to the "Hebrew" problem.
Your explanation set me on the right track to solve that  problem, as 
well. The photos I imported where Hebrew was not read was from Flickr 
(or Picassa). There they were named in Hebrew which obviously wasn't 
transfered to Digikam - probably not using UTF-8.
I have since downloaded the photos and renamed the photos in the place I 
store my photos. The Hebrew is now read in caption and all is well.
Thanks for your input and directions.
Errol

On 05/19/2011 11:26 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 18:35, Errol Sapir<errol at tzora.co.il>  wrote:
>> Hi Dotan
>> It took me a while to reply as I was busy updating to the latest version
>> of Digikam etc. I have Natty KDE 4.6.2 Kubuntu, Digikam 2.05 beta using
>> Philip Johnsson's ppa.
>> I also did several experiments with Hebrew in Digikam. This is what I
>> discovered. If I made captions to my photos BEFORE importing them to
>> Digikam Hebrew was not recognised. I then had all the problems described
>> in my original letter with question mark captions.
>> If I make captions from WITHIN Digikam, they are in Hebrew.
>> That's what I have a t the moment. It would be nice if Digikam imported
>> the Hebrew captions!!
>> By the way I have a scan of the screen showing all of this if there is a
>> way of getting it to the forum.
>> Errol
>>
> How are you adding the captions from outside Digikam? It sounds like
> the application in question does not support UTF-8.
>
> You can CC me with the screenshot, or upload it to an image host.
> However, there is no need. Your description was very clear, and the
> phenomenon is not unfamiliar.
>