[digiKam-users] exiv2 corrupted image metadata

[Hans-Peter Huth]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 13:56:14 +0100
Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Same here under Linux Mageia and Centos. No problem with Sony and Fuji
> JPEGs.
> 
> Best
>

So probably really a Manjaro issue. If Maik doesn't have a better idea,
i'll post a question into the Manjaro forum.

HP
> Gilles
> 
> Le dim. 21 nov. 2021 à 13:06, Maik Qualmann
> <metzpinguin at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> > I'm here on openSUSE Tumbleweed also on Exiv2-0.27.5 and can't find any
> > problems. Can you send a corresponding image to my private mail, from
> > which
> > metadata can no longer be read?
> >
> > Maik
> >
> > Am Sonntag, 21. November 2021, 12:31:12 CET schrieb Hans-Peter Huth:  
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > after the last Manjaro stable update (i didn't notice this before),
> > > reading exif meta data seems to go wrong. Some images (JPGs) do not
> > > show any EXIF data.
> > >
> > > Starting digikam from the commandline, it says:
> > >       digikam.metaengine: Cannot load metadata from file with Exiv2
> > >       backend:
> > >       /home/hph/Fotos/digicam/2021/November/2021-11-20/DSC01215.JPG
> > >       (Error # 59 :  "corrupted image metadata"
> > >
> > > seems to be an issue with exiv2 which brings
> > >       Exiv2 exception in print action for file
> > >       /home/hph/Fotos/digicam/2021/November/2021-11-20/DSC01215.JPG:
> > >       corrupted image metadata
> > > exiv2 is Version 0.27.5
> > >
> > > exiftool (Version 12.30) however can read perfectly all fields, so i  
> > assume  
> > > the images are ok.
> > >
> > > Is this caused by a exiv2 version which is too new? Any ideas what to
> > > do?
> > >
> > > HP  
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> 


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