[digiKam-users] From Windows Comments field to digiKam Captions

[Maik Qualmann]

Send me a sample image with a Windows comment.

Maik

Am Sonntag, 6. März 2022, 23:58:40 CET schrieb Rob Wallach:
> Hi,
> 
> Using digiKam 7.6.0 and trying to get the Windows "Comments" field of a JPG
> read as the digiKam "Captions" field.  Using a test photo not previously
> manipulated by digiKam and having a simple phrase in the "Comments" field
> as seen by Windows, in digiKam Metadata the only place where I can see this
> phrase is in under EXIF "XPComment" of the ExifTool tab.  It is also
> visible as "Windows Comment" under the EXIF tab.  So I went to
> Settings->Configure digiKam->Metadata->Advanced and under "Caption" I tried
> adding a new read namespace.  I tried Exif.XPComment and
> Exif.Image.XPComment but my Windows "Comments" never appears in digiKam
> "Captions".  I tried disabling all other read namespaces but to no avail.
> No matter what I do, any "Comments" entered in Windows is not read by
> digiKam.  And yes I have re-read the photo metadata (I changed the Windows
> "Comments" phrase and I see it in the ExifTool XPComment field from within
> digiKam).
> 
> Any suggestions?  Thanks!
> 
> Rob W.