[digiKam-users] Import category list into Digikam

[Remco Viëtor]

On lundi 6 septembre 2021 16:04:27 CEST Sveinn í Felli wrote:
> Þann 6.9.2021 13:32, skrifaði Remco Viëtor:
> > On lundi 6 septembre 2021 15:06:34 CEST Christian Grandclément wrote:
> >> Hello !
> >> 
> >> I'm trying to use *Digikam (v. 7.3.0 Win64)*, for replacing my present
> >> pictures management software (Photools imatch) that I find much too
> >> complicated, akward to use and poorly suited to some very basic
> >> fonctions.
> >> 
> >> My present question is *how to import into Digikam the hierarchical
> >> categories I'm presently using* (syntax is like
> >> _Persons.Family.FamilyCell.Child X_ or
> >> _Information.Culture.Civilization.Italian Roman_, with up to 5 levels of
> >> indentation). The list of categories is on a _text file_. I need to
> >> import it, so as to be able to assign one or several categories to each
> >> new picture.
> >> The import operation must be automatic, since the category list
> >> comprises now over 1200 entries.
> > 
> > Can your current program save those categories as keywords/tags in xmp
> > sidecar files?
> > In that case, digikam might be able to automatically read those xmp files
> > when you import the images in digikam
> > 
> > Remco
> 
> Are xmp-sidecars a requirement if not using RAW-file formats or video?
> Wouldn't Digikam import the hierarchy if the tags are written in the
> JPEG/PNG headers?
> 
> Just curious,
> Sveinn í Felli
If the tags are in the files, that should work as well. I assumed the OP was 
using raw files (as he wouldn't have noticed any problem with image files)

Remco