tags not visible

Maik Qualmann metzpinguin at gmail.com
Sun May 14 09:08:40 BST 2023


If DXO uses sidecars of BASENAME.xmp format, which I suspect. The option for 
compatible sidecar names for commercial programs must be activated explicitly 
in the digiKam setup under metadata  sidecars.

Maik

Am Sonntag, 14. Mai 2023, 10:00:26 CEST schrieb frederic chaume:
> Hi Remco
> 
> I always use sidecar files for the raw files
> I also tried to "reread metadata from  file to database"  for the
> generated jpg, but no change
> 
> and this was working well in DK7.10 (without need to "reread metadata
> from  file to database" )
> 
> regards
> Frederic
> 
> Le 14/05/2023 à 09:55, Remco Viëtor a écrit :
> > On dimanche 14 mai 2023 09:49:55 CEST frederic chaume wrote:
> >> Hi all
> >> 
> >> Since I have installed DK8 I have new problem with tags set from an
> >> external application (DXO).
> >> I have reused the same configuration that was working with DK7.10,
> >> (reuse the same order in the tag namespace : (Xmp.lr.hierarchicalSubject
> >> , Xmp.dc.subject, Xmp.digiKam.TagsList , ...)
> >> and when I look at the exiv2 of the jpg generated by DXO , I can see the
> >> 
> >> correct tag list from the command :
> >>   > exiv2.exe -px P5240081_Dxo-1.jpg
> >> 
> >> ....
> >> Xmp.digiKam.TagsList                         XmpSeq     10
> >> Paysage/tempete, Best-of, images, Best-of/expos, Paysage, pays/Bretagne,
> >> pays/Bretagne/ile grande, pays,
> >> ...
> >> Xmp.dc.subject                               XmpBag     11  Best-of,
> >> Bretagne, Paysage, expos, , ile grande, images,  tempete
> >> ...
> >> Xmp.lr.hierarchicalSubject                   XmpBag     11  Best-of,
> >> Best-of|expos, , Paysage, Paysage|tempete, images, , pays|Bretagne,
> >> pays|Bretagne|ile grande
> >> 
> >> but when I look at the file in DK8, no tag are displayed and in the menu
> >> "metadata" on the right sidebar, the sections IPTC, XMP are empty and
> >> the exif section is not empty but no tags are visible
> >> I have checked that the tags are correctly visible in DK for the
> >> original Raw file
> >> 
> >> Any ideas? Did I missed something?
> >> PS: I'm running DK on windows
> > 
> > Do you modify the raw file with DXO, or does it generate a sidecar file?
> > 
> > If it generates a sidecar, have you tried selecting the images concerned
> > in
> > digikam and reread the metadata?
> > 
> > For the devs: does digikam read existing sidecars on importing a new image
> > into its database?
> > 
> > Remco






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