sidecar file names

[frederic chaume]

you can delete until you are sure the database has been synchronized 
from the metadata from the files (currently on-going, but taking hours )

in the maintenace tool , there is a synchronization from database to 
metadata files but I don't know what is the behavior with the "sidecar 
file names are compatible with commercial products" set to OFF regarding 
the existing sidecar files
is there someone who already used it ?

frederic


Le 27/07/2024 à 15:26, digikam at boeziek.nl a écrit :
> 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
>
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