Database changes

Milind Joshi mmjoshi at iitbombay.org
Sun Dec 14 04:47:10 GMT 2025


Thanks. That worked.

On 14.12.2025 02:26 am, George Koulomzin wrote:
> I think all you have to do is select the items in question, then 
> "Items->read medatadata from file".  Do check you DK settings to make 
> sure you are using just the sidecars.
>
> On 12/13/2025 7:16 AM, Milind Joshi wrote:
>> I have done some changes to my digiKam collections to streamline my 
>> images. I had two jpg folders essentially containing the same files 
>> with different dpi settings. I have now only one collection. Earlier 
>> the tag information was embedded in the files, now it has been 
>> separated to sidecars. These sidecars have been manipulated outside 
>> digiKam to add xmp ratings. However, I do not see these ratings in 
>> digiKam. Do I need to do any database cleanup so that the information 
>> in the sidecars and the information in the digiKam database matches?
>>
>> mj
>>


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