[digiKam-users] Metadata missing after moving images between albums

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Digikam 7.6 can now be downloaded.

https://download.kde.org/stable/digikam/7.6.0/


On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 at 08:21, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:

> A possible cause could be this bug:
>
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449315
>
> The problem could not only occur when deleting images, but also when
> moving them. However, the problem will not be fixed until digiKam-7.6.0.
> But it could also have a completely different cause for you. Normally,
> rereading the metadata from the images in question can recover most of the
> metadata if it was stored in the images. Otherwise we need a debug log when
> the problem occurs, how to create it is described here:
>
> https://www.digikam.org/contribute/
>
> Maik
>
> Am Freitag, 4. März 2022, 02:17:20 CET schrieb WuliNuChem:
>
> > I'm new here, so forgive me if my question is not formatted correctly.
>
> >
>
> > I have recently upgraded to DigiKam version 7.5.0.
>
> > It is configured as MySQL Server (was going to set it up for two PC's but
>
> > never did).
>
> > I have approximately 100,000 images.
>
> >
>
> > My issue:
>
> > Click on album name and highlight some thumbnail images - 60 images the
>
> > last time this issue occurred.
>
> > Drag the images and drop into a different album and select move.
>
> > Images move correctly but metadata disappears from the thumbnail and the
>
> > thumbnail pop up (tooltips I think it's called). And the date box on the
>
> > captions page is blank: time is still there.
>
> > The metadata still exists according the the metadata tab on the right
>
> > toolbar (and exists in the image file according to a third party metadata
>
> > app).
>
> >
>
> > I figure this has to be a bug, so I guess I'm asking how to get the
>
> > metadata back where it belongs.
>
> >
>
> > Where does the metadata shown on the thumbnails come from? The database
> or
>
> > the image file? Same with the right sidebar metadata tab?
>
> > I assume it would be from the db. So maybe the db wasn't updated properly
>
> > during the move?  Is there a way to compare the two?
>
> > Can I resync?
>
> >
>
> > The weird thing is 26 out of 60 images that lost the data were in the
>
> > middle of the new album images (as sorted by date).
>
> >
>
> > Any thoughts? I have some screenshots but I'm not sure of the policy on
>
> > posting them. I haven't seen any screen shots during my search for
> similar
>
> > issues.
>
> >
>
> > Thanks,
>
> >
>
> > Gord
>
>
>
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