Digikam won't read Video Sidecars?

[David Golden]

Greetings all!  I am trying to move from manually managing my photos (both cell and DSLR) via bash scripts, folders, and exiftool, to using Digikam.  However, one problem I am encountering is getting cell videos properly integrated.

Right now, when I dump from my cell to my hard drive, I use a bash script to add basic metadata.  For photos it gets added directly to the file, but when I started Exiftool recommended not writing to videos, so I save the info in a sidecar with the same filename, but adding ".xmp" to the end (e.g. video.mp4.xmp).  The tags are:

[XMP]           CreatorCity                     : mycity
[XMP]           CreatorCountry                  : USA
[XMP]           CreatorAddress                  : myaddress
[XMP]           CreatorPostalCode               : 12345
[XMP]           CreatorRegion                   : mystate
[XMP]           CreatorWorkEmail                : myemail
[XMP]           Description                     : brief description
[XMP]           Title                           : Video.mp4 | 2015-07-03 09:55:18 -0400
[XMP]           Headline                        : folder title
[XMP]           Source                          : myname
[XMP]           CopyrightStatus                 : Protected
[XMP]           ImageFileConstraints            : Maintain Metadata
[XMP]           Copyright                       : © 2015 by me, all rights reserved
[XMP]           CreateDate                      : 2015:07:03 13:55:18


I have Digikam set to read from and write to sidecars.

When I move a new folder into the Pictures directory tree and load Digikam, it correctly reads the metadata from the picture.  It does *not* read the metadata from the video sidecar.  All the appropriate fields are blank within Digikam.  However.  if I edit the copyright info within the Information tab, it changes the copyright tag within the XMP, *and* it completely wipes out the other info (such as Creator...) within the video.mp4.xmp

How can I get Digikam to properly read my video sidecars.  Right now I am forced to keep any folder containing videos out of Digikam to avoid destroying information.

I'm using Digikam 5.5 under openSUSE Tumbleweed

[meku]

I believe this is a bug, I filed a report some time ago: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375570

On 20 September 2017 at 12:23, David Golden <[hidden email]> wrote:

Greetings all!  I am trying to move from manually managing my photos (both cell and DSLR) via bash scripts, folders, and exiftool, to using Digikam.  However, one problem I am encountering is getting cell videos properly integrated.

Right now, when I dump from my cell to my hard drive, I use a bash script to add basic metadata.  For photos it gets added directly to the file, but when I started Exiftool recommended not writing to videos, so I save the info in a sidecar with the same filename, but adding ".xmp" to the end (e.g. video.mp4.xmp).  The tags are:

[XMP]           CreatorCity                     : mycity
[XMP]           CreatorCountry                  : USA
[XMP]           CreatorAddress                  : myaddress
[XMP]           CreatorPostalCode               : 12345
[XMP]           CreatorRegion                   : mystate
[XMP]           CreatorWorkEmail                : myemail
[XMP]           Description                     : brief description
[XMP]           Title                           : Video.mp4 | 2015-07-03 09:55:18 -0400
[XMP]           Headline                        : folder title
[XMP]           Source                          : myname
[XMP]           CopyrightStatus                 : Protected
[XMP]           ImageFileConstraints            : Maintain Metadata
[XMP]           Copyright                       : © 2015 by me, all rights reserved
[XMP]           CreateDate                      : 2015:07:03 13:55:18


I have Digikam set to read from and write to sidecars.

When I move a new folder into the Pictures directory tree and load Digikam, it correctly reads the metadata from the picture.  It does *not* read the metadata from the video sidecar.  All the appropriate fields are blank within Digikam.  However.  if I edit the copyright info within the Information tab, it changes the copyright tag within the XMP, *and* it completely wipes out the other info (such as Creator...) within the video.mp4.xmp

How can I get Digikam to properly read my video sidecars.  Right now I am forced to keep any folder containing videos out of Digikam to avoid destroying information.

I'm using Digikam 5.5 under openSUSE Tumbleweed

Le 20/09/2017 à 04:23, David Golden a écrit :

> I save the info in a sidecar with the same filename, but adding ".xmp"
> to the end (e.g. video.mp4.xmp).  The tags are:

should probably be "video.xmp" (no mp4)

jdd

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[Remco Viëtor]

On mercredi 20 septembre 2017 09:14:31 CEST [hidden email] wrote:
> Le 20/09/2017 à 04:23, David Golden a écrit :
> > I save the info in a sidecar with the same filename, but adding ".xmp"
>
> > to the end (e.g. video.mp4.xmp).  The tags are:
> should probably be "video.xmp" (no mp4)
>
That would be a difference compared to image files:
all the Digikam-generated sidecar files I have are named using
"<orig. base name>.<orig. extension>.xmp", and that includes all video files.
(Just verified that on my current image collection)

Remco

Le 20/09/2017 à 09:58, Remco Viëtor a écrit :

> On mercredi 20 septembre 2017 09:14:31 CEST [hidden email] wrote:
>> Le 20/09/2017 à 04:23, David Golden a écrit :
>>> I save the info in a sidecar with the same filename, but adding ".xmp"
>>
>>> to the end (e.g. video.mp4.xmp).  The tags are:
>> should probably be "video.xmp" (no mp4)
>>
> That would be a difference compared to image files:
> all the Digikam-generated sidecar files I have are named using
> "<orig. base name>.<orig. extension>.xmp", and that includes all video files.
> (Just verified that on my current image collection)
>
> Remco
>
>

no, you are right. I just made digikam tag a video and it create xmp

OW5A6121.mp4.xmp

doing so is a way to see what happens (see what syntax digikam do
understand)

jdd

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http://dodin.org

[AndriusWild]

I would try it on the latest pre-release 5.8.0 appimage first. There were many bugs fixed since 5.5.0 

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: David Golden <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-09-19 8:23 PM (GMT-07:00)

To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]>

Subject: Digikam won't read Video Sidecars?

Greetings all!  I am trying to move from manually managing my photos (both cell and DSLR) via bash scripts, folders, and exiftool, to using Digikam.  However, one problem I am encountering is getting cell videos properly integrated.

Right now, when I dump from my cell to my hard drive, I use a bash script to add basic metadata.  For photos it gets added directly to the file, but when I started Exiftool recommended not writing to videos, so I save the info in a sidecar with the same filename, but adding ".xmp" to the end (e.g. video.mp4.xmp).  The tags are:

[XMP]           CreatorCity                     : mycity
[XMP]           CreatorCountry                  : USA
[XMP]           CreatorAddress                  : myaddress
[XMP]           CreatorPostalCode               : 12345
[XMP]           CreatorRegion                   : mystate
[XMP]           CreatorWorkEmail                : myemail
[XMP]           Description                     : brief description
[XMP]           Title                           : Video.mp4 | 2015-07-03 09:55:18 -0400
[XMP]           Headline                        : folder title
[XMP]           Source                          : myname
[XMP]           CopyrightStatus                 : Protected
[XMP]           ImageFileConstraints            : Maintain Metadata
[XMP]           Copyright                       : © 2015 by me, all rights reserved
[XMP]           CreateDate                      : 2015:07:03 13:55:18


I have Digikam set to read from and write to sidecars.

When I move a new folder into the Pictures directory tree and load Digikam, it correctly reads the metadata from the picture.  It does *not* read the metadata from the video sidecar.  All the appropriate fields are blank within Digikam.  However.  if I edit the copyright info within the Information tab, it changes the copyright tag within the XMP, *and* it completely wipes out the other info (such as Creator...) within the video.mp4.xmp

How can I get Digikam to properly read my video sidecars.  Right now I am forced to keep any folder containing videos out of Digikam to avoid destroying information.

I'm using Digikam 5.5 under openSUSE Tumbleweed

[David Golden]

Tried both the 5.7 appimage and the pre-release 5.8.0-01 appimage.  Digikam continues to ignore any existing video.mp4.xmp file instead of reading the metadata; changing information within Digikam destroys the existing info.

Expected behaviour would be for Digikam to read the metadata from the xmp file and import it just as it would for an image file

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]> wrote:

I would try it on the latest pre-release 5.8.0 appimage first. There were many bugs fixed since 5.5.0 

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: David Golden <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-09-19 8:23 PM (GMT-07:00)

To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]>

Subject: Digikam won't read Video Sidecars?

Greetings all!  I am trying to move from manually managing my photos (both cell and DSLR) via bash scripts, folders, and exiftool, to using Digikam.  However, one problem I am encountering is getting cell videos properly integrated.

Right now, when I dump from my cell to my hard drive, I use a bash script to add basic metadata.  For photos it gets added directly to the file, but when I started Exiftool recommended not writing to videos, so I save the info in a sidecar with the same filename, but adding ".xmp" to the end (e.g. video.mp4.xmp).  The tags are:

[XMP]           CreatorCity                     : mycity
[XMP]           CreatorCountry                  : USA
[XMP]           CreatorAddress                  : myaddress
[XMP]           CreatorPostalCode               : 12345
[XMP]           CreatorRegion                   : mystate
[XMP]           CreatorWorkEmail                : myemail
[XMP]           Description                     : brief description
[XMP]           Title                           : Video.mp4 | 2015-07-03 09:55:18 -0400
[XMP]           Headline                        : folder title
[XMP]           Source                          : myname
[XMP]           CopyrightStatus                 : Protected
[XMP]           ImageFileConstraints            : Maintain Metadata
[XMP]           Copyright                       : © 2015 by me, all rights reserved
[XMP]           CreateDate                      : 2015:07:03 13:55:18


I have Digikam set to read from and write to sidecars.

When I move a new folder into the Pictures directory tree and load Digikam, it correctly reads the metadata from the picture.  It does *not* read the metadata from the video sidecar.  All the appropriate fields are blank within Digikam.  However.  if I edit the copyright info within the Information tab, it changes the copyright tag within the XMP, *and* it completely wipes out the other info (such as Creator...) within the video.mp4.xmp

How can I get Digikam to properly read my video sidecars.  Right now I am forced to keep any folder containing videos out of Digikam to avoid destroying information.

I'm using Digikam 5.5 under openSUSE Tumbleweed

[AndriusWild]

I was not able to reproduce this.

Maybe you did not configure digikam settings properly?

What are your settings in metadata/sidecars?

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 9:08 PM, David Golden <[hidden email]> wrote:

Tried both the 5.7 appimage and the pre-release 5.8.0-01 appimage.  Digikam continues to ignore any existing video.mp4.xmp file instead of reading the metadata; changing information within Digikam destroys the existing info.

Expected behaviour would be for Digikam to read the metadata from the xmp file and import it just as it would for an image file

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]> wrote:

I would try it on the latest pre-release 5.8.0 appimage first. There were many bugs fixed since 5.5.0 

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: David Golden <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-09-19 8:23 PM (GMT-07:00)

To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]>

Subject: Digikam won't read Video Sidecars?

Greetings all!  I am trying to move from manually managing my photos (both cell and DSLR) via bash scripts, folders, and exiftool, to using Digikam.  However, one problem I am encountering is getting cell videos properly integrated.

Right now, when I dump from my cell to my hard drive, I use a bash script to add basic metadata.  For photos it gets added directly to the file, but when I started Exiftool recommended not writing to videos, so I save the info in a sidecar with the same filename, but adding ".xmp" to the end (e.g. video.mp4.xmp).  The tags are:

[XMP]           CreatorCity                     : mycity
[XMP]           CreatorCountry                  : USA
[XMP]           CreatorAddress                  : myaddress
[XMP]           CreatorPostalCode               : 12345
[XMP]           CreatorRegion                   : mystate
[XMP]           CreatorWorkEmail                : myemail
[XMP]           Description                     : brief description
[XMP]           Title                           : Video.mp4 | 2015-07-03 09:55:18 -0400
[XMP]           Headline                        : folder title
[XMP]           Source                          : myname
[XMP]           CopyrightStatus                 : Protected
[XMP]           ImageFileConstraints            : Maintain Metadata
[XMP]           Copyright                       : © 2015 by me, all rights reserved
[XMP]           CreateDate                      : 2015:07:03 13:55:18


I have Digikam set to read from and write to sidecars.

When I move a new folder into the Pictures directory tree and load Digikam, it correctly reads the metadata from the picture.  It does *not* read the metadata from the video sidecar.  All the appropriate fields are blank within Digikam.  However.  if I edit the copyright info within the Information tab, it changes the copyright tag within the XMP, *and* it completely wipes out the other info (such as Creator...) within the video.mp4.xmp

How can I get Digikam to properly read my video sidecars.  Right now I am forced to keep any folder containing videos out of Digikam to avoid destroying information.

I'm using Digikam 5.5 under openSUSE Tumbleweed