sidecar file names

[digikam at boeziek.nl]

I can be mistaken, but I thought you could always delete the XMP files and then force Digikam to create them from its own database (just make sure you have backup always!).

Else you could probably do a rename with a tool or shell command (I am no Windows user).

XMP files are a struggle for me too (set with or without compatibility), still have not settled on one or the other.

Best,
Etienne

On 27 Jul 2024, at 15:08, frederic chaume <frederic.chaume at gmail.com> wrote:

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