[Digikam-users] Temporarily override the 'write to file' metadata setting

[Gilles Caulier]

Other questions :

- What's your metadata settings exactly ? Perhaps it's a specific
option which freeze metadata writting process.

- Which type of images did you manage like this ? Raw or JPEG or both
or another one as PNG or TIFF ?

- Can you look about memory allocation in your computer to see if all
is not filled. I fixed several memory issue in mantenance tool (which
share some code with BQM). This can be the problem.

Gilles Caulier



2014-01-31 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
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> 2014-01-31 Marie-Noëlle Augendre <mnaugendre at gmail.com>
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>> Due to many Digikam freezes when using the batch tool manager, I've been
>> obliged to deactivate the 'write to file' metadata setting.
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>> However, when I want to write metadata to a couple of images - using the
>> Images -> Write metadata to image menu, there is no option to override the
>> general setting. So I need to modify the setting first, then do the rewrite
>> metadata for pictures I want to publish, then go back to deactivate the
>> setting again.
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>> Could you provide some easier option? Having different settings for batch
>> tool manager and image menu, for example? Or giving the ability to override
>> temporarily the setting when using the Image menu?
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>> Thanks for considering this modification.
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> The right question is why it freeze on your computer.
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> Did you tried to turn off multi-core cpu support in BQM queue settings and
> see if it's better ?
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> Did you run digiKam in GDB and get a suitable backtrace when it freeze. It's
> possible that a crash appear in Exiv2 shared lib, and not digiKam as well.
> In this case the way to use Images -> Write metadata to image will give the
> same king of freeze..
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> And easy way to disable metadata writting settings is not implemented. I
> know that a bug report exist in bugzilla about this topic, but time is time
> and it's missing to do all wishes.
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> Gilles Caulier