[Digikam-users] Slideshow writes metadata to file - why?

[Anders Kamf]

But this is what happens, metadata is written (not only read) during
the slideshow. It is just passively watching, no rating update or
anything else is done.

Should I report it as a bug then?

Regards
Anders


2012/7/22 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
> During a slideshow, no file must be touch. Only metadata are read,
> excepted if you apply rating change of image and turn on digiKam
> metadata settings to write digiKam info to image...
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2012/7/21 Anders Kamf <digikam at kamf.se>:
>> Hi!
>>
>> First: thanks for a great program!
>>
>> I have a question about metadata embedded in files. Whenever showing a
>> picture in the slideshow, digiKam edit the metadata of the picture. It
>> adds information to the file:
>>
>> Processing Software             : digiKam-2.5.0
>> Software                        : digiKam-2.5.0
>> Creator Tool                    : digiKam-2.5.0
>> Originating Program             : digiKam
>>
>> I like digiKam to save image rating etc. to metadata embedded in
>> files, but that is when I change i.e. the rating. I don’t want it to
>> change a file when simply viewing it in the slideshow.
>>
>> Anybody know why digiKam does this?
>> Is it possible to turn off? (The settings are quite detailed about
>> which metadata to save embedded in the files, but as far as I can see
>> it doesn’t say anything about this specific behavior.)
>>
>> Regards
>> Anders
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