[digiKam-users] Digikam 6.4.0 do not support XMP sidecar from Mac OS Photos ?

Phil philtuckey at free.fr
Mon Jan 20 08:14:54 GMT 2020


I note that my xmp files created by digikam have .xmp added to the full 
image name, e.g. MYIMAGE.JPG.xmp, not MYIMAGE.xmp

Le 20/01/20 à 17:28, Maik Qualmann a écrit :
> The extension of the sidecar file must be in lower case .XMP ==> .xmp
> 
> Maik
> 
> Am Montag, 20. Januar 2020, 00:27:45 CET schrieb benjamin soufflet:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently move from Mac OS to Linux (PopOS) and from Apple Photos to
>> Digikam 6.4 (installed using Snap).
>> During the export of my photos on Apple Photos, I asked for XMP sidecar
>> file so I have 1 sidecar file for each of my pictures (MYIMAGE.XMP for
>> MYIMAGE.JPG).
>> These XMP files contain title, description, georef, and tags.
>> However, it seems that digikam is not able to detect it...
>> - in Item Properties I see "Sidecar: No"
>> - the XMP tab on the metadata section for every picture is blank
>> - when I move a picture to a new album, the XMP sidecar files are not moved
>> with the picture file.
>>
>> My config is like that :
>> [image: Screenshot from 2020-01-19 00-59-11.png]
>> [image: Screenshot from 2020-01-19 00-58-58.png]
>>
>>
>> Can you help me make digikam detect my XMP files?
>> I tried a lot of configuration with no success...
>>
>> Thanks
>> Benjamin
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