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

[Gilles Caulier]

Ok, please test with last 2.7.0. If it's reproducible, please file a
new entry in bugzilla.

Thanks in advance

Gilles Caulier

2012/7/31 Anders Kamf <digikam at kamf.se>:
> Thanks for putting attention to this issue!
>
> The following four tags are changed (created) when a picture is showed
> in slideshow:
> Processing Software   : digiKam-2.5.0
> Software              : digiKam-2.5.0
> Creator Tool          : digiKam-2.5.0
> Originating Program   : digiKam
>
> These four tags are also created/set when e.g. applying rating or a
> tag to a picture. In that case it is not a big problem though, since
> the metadata is touched anyway.
>
> I.e. if a picture is tagged from digiKam and then showed in slideshow,
> nothing will happen since the four tags are already present in the
> metadata. But if a picture is not touched by digiKam before, or
> touched by an older version of digiKam, there will a change.
>
> The problem is only when using the simple digiKam slideshow (F9), the
> advanced one doesn’t change the metadata.
>
> Thanks!
> Anders
>
>
> 2012/7/30 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
>> Can you identify what is changing in metadata before and after playing slide ?
>>
>> Do you use Advanced Slideshow kipi-plugin or simple digiKam slideshow ?
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/7/30 Anders Kamf <digikam at kamf.se>:
>>> 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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