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

[Maik Qualmann]

Thanks for the sample image. OK, reading the Exif.XPComment is indeed not 
possible at the moment. Reading exif comments are still hard coded and bypass 
advanced metadata settings.
I will fix it .

Maik

Am Montag, 7. März 2022, 08:37:42 CET schrieben Sie:
> 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.