.DNG file format

[Maik Qualmann]

Due to problems we encountered when writing to DNG files with Exiv2, DNG files 
are currently only written using ExifTool.
A test here shows no problems. What are your sidecar settings?

Maik

Am Samstag, 2. Dezember 2023, 09:06:30 CET schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> >I make the changes in the edit dialogue, then apply the changes. The
> >changes disappear from the dialogue window & are not applied.
> Can you share a screencast of this stage please. I want to be sure to
> take a look at the right place.
> 
> Else, in the metadata settings, you don't need to use exiftool
> especially for DNG, Exiv2 work perfectly with DNG. Exiftool must be
> used for all non standard RAW files as NEF, CR3, ARW, etc...
> 
> Best
> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> Le sam. 2 déc. 2023 à 07:59, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn at comcast.net> a écrit 
:
> > I am trying to add some info to the file metadata, such as Artist, Name,
> > Description, etc., by editing the metadata of the file. I make the
> > changes in the edit dialogue, then apply the changes. The changes
> > disappear from the dialogue window & are not applied.
> > 
> > I hope the screenshots are showing you what you want to see.
> > 
> > Thank you for your help.
> > 
> > Nadine H
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on behalf of Gilles
> > Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 1, 2023 8:22 PM
> > To: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > Subject: Re: .DNG file format
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > What are you doing exactly and how did you see that DNG metadata is
> > not written in file.
> > 
> > Please share the Stup Metadata settings from your computer.
> > 
> > Best
> > 
> > Gilles Caulier
> > 
> > Le sam. 2 déc. 2023 à 02:18, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn at comcast.net> a 
écrit :
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I believe I have all the configs setup to allow writing metadata data to
> > > RAW & DNG files. I see evidence that I have done this successfully in
> > > the past. However, at this time I am unable to write the metadata to
> > > DNG files. Please tell me what I am missing.
> > > 
> > > I'm running DigiKam 8.1.0 on a Windows 10 PC. I also recently updated
> > > ExifTool from 12.62 to 12.70. No change in behavior.
> > > 
> > > I checked the archives, but I was not able to find much info.
> > > 
> > > Thank you, as always, for the hard work all of you do for all of us who
> > > use DigiKam.
> > > 
> > > Nadine H