sidecar file names

[frederic chaume]

Hi all

If I can ask it differently to make it more clear:

how to move from "sidecar file names are compatible with commercial 
products" ON to OFF
that means how to replace basename.xmp (example P1234.xmp as a sidecar 
for P1234.DNG  ) to basename.ext.xmp (example P1234.DNG.xmp as a sidecar 
for P1234.DNG  )

I have hundred of thousands of files and I don't expect renaming all my 
xmp files

thanks for your help

frederic



Le 26/07/2024 à 10:01, frederic chaume a écrit :
> Hi all
>
>
> currently the parameter "sidecar file names are compatible with 
> commercial products" is set. That means the name I can see is 
> basename.xmp and these are the files I can see in the folders where I 
> have RAW files
>
> Now seems there are some compatibility issue with another progam (DXO) 
> which is exepecting unique xmp names (conflict may occur between RAW 
> files and DNG files)
>
> So I started to unset this parameters, the problem is when I start DK 
> , it started a long process of "finding new items" and seems some 
> files are missing tags and rating in the album view, while the correct 
> information is still present in the associated basename.xmp
> then I have aborted the process of finding new items, set back the 
> parameter "sidecar file names are compatible with commercial products"
> and I run a "read metadata from file to database" to recover the 
> information in the album view
>
> So question is what is the process to reset this parameter without 
> loosing information?
> I'm using DK 8.4 on windows
>
> thanks in advance
>
> frederic