[Digikam-users] Lost tags (was: Re: digiKam 3.5.0 import/rename not working as expected)

[Andreas Mair]

Hello Gilles,

I forgot one thing: After moving the folder I also lost some of the
album thumbnails I've set for folders.

Best regards,
Andreas


2014-02-11 11:48 GMT+01:00 Andreas Mair <amair.sob at gmail.com>:
> Hello Gilles,
>
> after moving the folder containing the photos using digiKam all their
> tags were lost. Lucky me, I had created XMP files before and was able
> to sync them back to digiKam's DB.
>
> I think there must be some bug if someone moves folders/photos from
> one collection to another.
> I hope there's no bug if one moves folders/photos between folders in a
> collection. Or if one renames folders/photos.
> I'll try to find a way to compare different DB backups...
>
> I've now activated reading and writing XMP sidecar files. *When* will
> they be *read*?
> Is it only for new photos and when I sync from metadata to DB?
> I guess it'll *write* every time if I change a photo's metadata, right?
> But it won't write if I for example rename a tag in digiKam's tag
> structure, right?
>
> Best regards and thanks a lot for your help,
> Andreas
>
> 2014-02-10 13:24 GMT+01:00 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
>> 2014-02-10 13:17 GMT+01:00 Andreas Mair <amair.sob at gmail.com>:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> no ideas?
>>>
>>> What about XMP sidecar files?
>>> I'm thinking of syncing the photos' metadata  to XMP sidecar files and
>>> then move the files to the destination folder.
>>
>> This can be a solution, if filename scheme is right of course.
>>
>> After you re-import items to DB using right place on computer.
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
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