how to migrate xmp to raw.xmp

[frederic chaume]

let me ask it more simply

after unsetting "sidecar files names are compatible with commercial 
programms", how to migrate my file.xmp into file.<raw type>.xmp under 
windows

regards
Frederic

Le 22/09/2024 à 15:37, frederic chaume a écrit :
> Hi all
>
> the setting "sidecar files names are compatible with commercial 
> programms" was set to on, but because of some compatibility issue wih 
> DXO, I had to set it off.
>
> the consequence is that I need to migrate the sidecar files name to 
> the new format (file.<RAW type>.xmp)
> another consequence is that the "finding new items" is taking lots of 
> time , and I prefered to cancel it as I suspect the DB is updated base 
> on the new configuration ,and as the new xmp file is missing , then it 
> is removing the metadata. May be someone can confirm the behavior
>
> FYI I'm using DK 8.4 on windows 10
>
> Based on this, I guess that the best solution is "just" to rename 
> file.xmp by file.ORF.xmp  for ORF Raw file and the same for any other 
> raw file type I have on my PC
> I started to create a script in powershell, and it confirms my analyse 
> , some pictures has lost metadata and then recover them as soon as the 
> xmp files are renamed. But this  is painfull as I'm not a dev expert 
> in Powershell and as there are many cases to handle: ORF.xmp already 
> exist , xmp corresponding to different raw type, ....
>
> so before spending all my time in this exercise, I'm wondering if 
> someone have any idea to make it more simple ?  Is there a procedure 
> in DK to perform this migration ? may be someone falled into this 
> scenario already and have experience to share ?
>
>
> thanks in advance for any advice
>
> Frederic
>
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