[digiKam-users] xmp sidecar files for tiff files

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi all,

What's happening with ExifTool instead of Exiv2. In 8.0.0, a new
option can switch from Exiv2 to Exiftool as a metadata backend.

gilles

Le sam. 3 sept. 2022 à 07:45, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> Yes, Exiv2 cannot write to your TIFF file, neither can it read it. For Exiv2 it
> is an unknown image type. If you want you can send me the TIFF file to my email
> for further checking.
>
> > [3580] digikam.metaengine: Will write Metadata to file "G:/Edited
> > Photographs - tif/K20D - 0,03,538 - B&W.tif"
>
> > [3580] digikam.metaengine: Cannot save metadata to image
> > with Exiv2 backend:  (Error # 11 :
> > "G:/Edited Photographs - tif/K20D - 0,03,538 - B&W.tif: The file contains
> > data of an unknown image type"
>
> > [3580] digikam.metaengine: Will write XMP sidecar for file
> > "K20D - 0,03,538 - B&W.tif"
>
> Maik
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