[Digikam-users] No EXIF/XMP info in "Metadata" sideview

Gilles Caulier caulier.gilles at gmail.com
Fri Sep 5 08:51:44 BST 2014


2014-09-05 9:42 GMT+02:00 Simon Cropper <simoncropper at fossworkflowguides.com>:
> Peter,
>
> rename the file and put it into a new sub-album under your main album. Do
> you still have the problem? [if it fixes the problem it is artifacts in the
> database that is confusing digikam]

No. metadata views do not use database...

Gilles Caulier

>
> If so, post a link to an uploaded file for others to see if the metadata is
> standard format and can be read by others [if it is only one file, it has
> occurred that the metadata has become corrupt causing the libraries used to
> extract metadata to baulk].
>
> Is this the only file with this problem or does every file on your system
> behave the same?
>
>
> On 05/09/14 17:33, Peter Albrecht wrote:
>>
>> Hi Gian Paolo Sanino,
>>
>> thanks for your reply.
>> But "Images / reRead Metadata from image" did not fix
>> the problem.
>>
>> Regards,
>>         Peter
>>
>> On 04.09.2014 03:03, Gian Paolo Sanino Vattier wrote:
>>>
>>> Jean-Pierre and Peter, did you try with "Images / reRead Metadata from
>>> image". I recall having something like what you described (DK 4.2.0 and
>>> OpenSuse13.1), and I got the metadata right sideview displayed normally
>>> after using this option on the menu.
>>>
>>> Also, had some issues with thumbnails not being shown, that I solved by
>>> deleting thumbnails-digikam.db and letting it sit a couple of hours
>>> generating them again.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps on your case.
>>> gps
>>>
>>> On 09/03/2014 02:11 PM, Peter Albrecht wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jean-Pierre,
>>>>
>>>> thanks for the feedback. So it is not only me. :)
>>>>
>>>> I filed a bug report:
>>>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338783
>>>>
>>>> If you want, it would be good, to see your confirmation
>>>> there, too.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>         Peter
>>>>
>>>> On 03.09.2014 11:29, Jean-Pierre Verrue wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 02/09/2014 21:29, Peter Albrecht a écrit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi list!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> can anybody confirm this behaviour with digiKam 4.2.0?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If select a photo (e.g. "myPhoto.jpg") in Album-View, the
>>>>>> "Metadata" side view on the right side does not show any
>>>>>> EXIF or XMP information of this image. The list of metadata
>>>>>> is totally blank.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the console
>>>>>>      # exiv2 -p a myPhoto.jpg
>>>>>> lists lots of "Exif...." and "Xmp..." lines.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The strang thing is: The "Metadata" side view does show
>>>>>> "Makernote" and "IPTC" metadata for "myPhoto.jpg"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried all filter modes in the "Metadata" side view:
>>>>>>     - "No filter"
>>>>>>     - "Photograph"
>>>>>>     - "Custom"
>>>>>> => the list of metadata keeps blank.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The "Search..." filter-input-control is empty.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I went to "Settings -> Configure digikam... -> Metadata ->
>>>>>> Display" and for EXIF viewer, I...
>>>>>>     - selected all ("Select All" Button)
>>>>>>     - selected none ("Clear" Button)
>>>>>>     - tried the default ("Default" Button)
>>>>>> => the list of EXIF metadata keeps empty all the time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the other hand, digiKam could read the metadata some way:
>>>>>> The tooltip in album view does show sane values for
>>>>>> "Aperture", "Focal", "Exposure" and "Sensitivity".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Before I file a bug report, I wanted to check whether I
>>>>>> missed another configuration option.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>> +1 Exactly same behavior !
>>>>>
>>>>> I use digiKam 4.2.0 with KDE 4.11.5 on opensuse 13.1
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> JPV
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