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

[Gilles Caulier]

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?

yes, but not only. You can also force DK to re-read metadata from
image using Maintenance tool...

> I guess it'll *write* every time if I change a photo's metadata, right?

yes

> But it won't write if I for example rename a tag in digiKam's tag
> structure, right?

yes. You need to sync images metadata with Maintenance tool. In 4.0.0
we have introduced a new tags manager GUI to simplify these tasks...

Gilles Caulier