[digiKam-users] Writing metadata to dng files

[Maik Qualmann]

DigiKam treats DNG files as "read-only" like RAW files. I think we have a wish 
in the bug tracker to exclude DNG files. If you want to write metadata in DNG 
files, you have to activate the option to write metadata in RAW files.

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 2. April 2020, 04:35:52 CEST schrieb Milind Joshi:
> I am a new user of digiKam and currently using the 7.0.0 beta1 version.
> I have digiKam settings I have the following settings
> 
> for Behavior:
> 
> Write This information to the Metadata
> 
> 01. All items checked
> 
> Reading and Writing Metadata
> 
> Only Update file modification timestamp when files are modified checked
> 
> for Sidecars:
> 
> 01. Read from sidecar files - checked
> 
> 02. Write to sidecar files - checked with "write to XMP sidecar for
> read-only item only"
> 
> 03. Sidecar file names are compatible with commercial programs - checked
> 
> for Advanced
> 
> All items checked.
> 
> With this configuration I expected digiKam to write all the metadata to
> the DNG files as these files can hold metadata. Surprisingly, digiKam
> always creates a sidecar XMP file. My files are having the the
> read/write permission. I checked with ExifTool that the metadata
> information is not written to the DNG files and also there time stamp
> does not change. Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> mj