Re-read metadata from a sidecar for mp4

[meku]

The XMP handling for videos has improved in v5.7.0+, but from my testing it
is still not reading in some metadata such as captions and tags. This has
been reported: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375570

On 30 January 2018 at 04:58, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually no, I am not sure why digikam created an extra filename.xmp for a
> file that had filename.ext.xmp but I cannot reproduce it now.
>
> Anyways, looks like "Reread metadata from Image" simply trying to read
> metadata embedded in the file and ignores the sidecar.
>
> Cannot load metadata from file   (Error # 11 :
> /mnt/data/FamilyPictures/2015/2015-12-25/20151225_071652.mp4: The file
> contains data of an unknown image type
>
> I think this can be improved. There should be a way to set priority
> between 1.database 2.embedded metadata 3.sidecar for each file type (1.
> jpegs, 2. raw images, 3. video files) when user re-reading metadata. Having
> a separate option "Reread metadata from sidecar" might help too.
>
> Best regards,
>
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 10:27 AM, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I just found out that digikam 5.8.0 creates sidecars named filename.xmp
>> vs. digikam 5.0.0 that was naming them filename.ext.xmp
>> Can this behavior be reversed?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I also noticed that if there is a star rating specified in the xmp
>>> sidecar digiKam does show it. But it ignores the tags (keywords)...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>
>>> Date: 2018-01-28 7:14 PM (GMT-07:00)
>>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>>> Subject: Re-read metadata from a sidecar for mp4
>>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have noticed that some tags for my video files (mp4) disappeared from
>>> database.
>>> I do see xmp sidecars though and if I open them in Kate I am seeing my
>>> tags there.
>>>
>>> I tried selecting a video "Menu - Item - Reread Metadata from Image" but
>>> it does not bring my tags back.
>>>
>>> I am wondering if there is a way to bring the tags from sidecars back to
>>> database.
>>>
>>> digiKam set to read/write to/from sidecars for read-only image only.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Andrey
>>>
>>
>>
>
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