Automatic metadata reading from xmp files

[Maik Qualmann]

If you have activated "Sidecar names are compatible with commercial programs", 
digiKam expects FILENAME.xmp. Otherwise, FILENAME.EXT.xmp.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 12. Februar 2025, 09:51:16 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb 
Pierre DELGOVE:
> Thanks Gilles.
> 
> I'm not on the computer where digikam is installed, but I checked
> yesterday and "Read from sidecar files" is ticked and greyed.
> 
> If it's ticked, Digikam should read metadata from xmp files
> automatically ? If it's correct, it doesn't work or I missed something.
> 
> I also have the "Sidecar names are compatible with commercial programs"
> option ticked because I used Lightroom and other programs in the past.
> 
> Maybe Digikam expects xmp files' name to the like this :
> filename.ext.xmp ?
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Pierre