[digiKam-users] Problem converting tags from 5.9.0 to 6 beta 2

[Maik Qualmann]

Following changes when reading LR sidecar in digiKam-6.0.0-beta2:

- If sidecar in LR format available, they are used automatically
- Changes in sidecar files are now recognized as well.

So you need to remove the sidecar files in LR format so that the sidecar files 
from digiKam are reused.

LR: BASISNAME.xmp
DK: BASISNAME.EXT.xmp

Maik

Am Sonntag, 14. Oktober 2018, 19:39:57 CEST schrieb digikam at 911networks.com:
> Problem:
> 
> Last year, I spent a couple of weeks setting my tags in DK and
> cleaning them from my previous Lightroom.
> 
> My settings in 5.9 were:
> 
> * read from sidecar
> * write to sidecar
> write to XMP sidecar only
> 
> Total Items: 46826
> Albums: 294
> Tags: 231
> 
> Database backend: QSQLITE
> Database Path: /drive-b/photos/
> 
> Today I downloaded 6beta2 and started it.
> 
> 1. Instead of converting the database, it did a full read of all the
> photos and imported the data from the XMPs
> 2. Instead of using the 5.9.0 data, DK6beta2 imported the
> data from the old Lightroom and not from the digikam4.db from
> 5.9.0
> 
> So as a result, I'm missing a lot of tags, plenty of
> title/captions... The color labels and ratings did go through.
> 
> I'd like to go back to the 5.9.0 data
> 
> Question:
> 
> In 5.9.0: which settings should I set so that DK over-writes the
> existing XMPs to have the 5.9.0 in the XMPs and not have any of the
> Lightroom data that is still stored in the XMPs?
> 
> I'm willing to delete all the existing XMPs if necessary (I have 2
> full backups)