how to migrate xmp to raw.xmp

[Maik Qualmann]

Probably the best and simplest solution is that we write a module for the 
maintenance tool that does this job.

Maik

Am Dienstag, 24. September 2024, 08:39:18 MESZ schrieb 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