[digiKam-users] When is metadata written back to files?

[Maik Qualmann]

The changes are immediately written to the images when Lazy Sync is 
deactivated. Remember that if you want to write face tags you also have to 
activate the writing of tags. 

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 1. Juli 2021, 15:29:37 CEST schrieb José Oliver-Didier:
> Hello,
> 
> In digikam's metadata settings I have the following checkboxes enabled:
> "Face Tags" write, "Update file modification timestamp when files are
> modified", "Rescan file when files are modified", and "Clean up the
> metadata from the database when rescan files". If I add a Face Tag using
> DigiKam, I notice that the metadata is not immediately written to the file.
> What would be the best option to write the metadata only to the files
> modified within Digikam?
> 
> If I click on "Write Metadata to File" within the Albums menu,
> would Digikam modify all the files, or just the ones with pending metadata
> modifications?
> 
> I still use other applications which modify file metadata, and I am trying
> to ensure one app does not overwrite another's changes. Running Digikam
> 7.2.0 on Windows 10.
> 
> - J Oliver