[digiKam-users] Tags not saved to HEIC Files

[Maik Qualmann]

 Only reading the metadata is supported in exiv2-0.27.4 with BMFF, not
writing.

Maik

Am Do., 21. Okt. 2021 um 09:24 Uhr schrieb Gilles Caulier <
caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> Well digiKam MUST save tags in HEIC/HEIF containers. In Windows bundles
> 7.3.0, the last Exiv2 0.27.4 shared library is used to manage metadata from
> files, and this release supports BMFF file formats. Look the announcement
> from Exiv2 project:
>
> https://www.exiv2.org/whatsnew.html
>
> So, The question is why this feature does not work... A debug trace with
> DebugView will help to investigate. Please follow instruction here :
>
> https://www.digikam.org/contribute/
>
> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le jeu. 21 oct. 2021 à 06:38, Sebastian Beer <sebastian.beer at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> DigiKam cannot save tags to HEIC files. You need to enable sidecars and
>> DK will save the tags there.
>>
>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
>>
>> Sebastian Beer
>>
>> Am 21.10.2021 um 06:08 schrieb Parminder Dhaliwal <
>> parminderdhaliwal at hotmail.com>:
>>
>> 
>>
>> I am using digikam version 7.3.0 on Windows 10.  When I make any tag
>> changes to the pictures, all the tags are saved correctly to the JPG files,
>> but they do not get saved to the HEIC files.  The tags display fine through
>> digicam, but when I go to File Explorer and look at the properties of the
>> HEIC files, none of the tags are there. The date stamp on the HEIC files
>> also remain unchanged.  I even tried executing “Write Metadata to Files”
>> but that did not help either.
>>
>>
>>
>> Parminder Dhaliwal
>>
>>
>>
>>
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