[digiKam-users] Digikam 6.4.0 do not support XMP sidecar from Mac OS Photos ?

[benjisail]

Hi,

I recently move from Mac OS to Linux (PopOS) and from Apple Photos to Digikam 6.4 (installed using Snap).
During the export of my photos on Apple Photos, I asked for XMP sidecar file so I have 1 sidecar file for each of my pictures (MYIMAGE.XMP for MYIMAGE.JPG).
These XMP files contain title, description, georef, and tags.
However, it seems that digikam is not able to detect it... 

- in Item Properties I see "Sidecar: No"

- the XMP tab on the metadata section for every picture is blank

- when I move a picture to a new album, the XMP sidecar files are not moved with the picture file.

My config is like that :

Can you help me make digikam detect my XMP files?

I tried a lot of configuration with no success...

Thanks

Benjamin

[benjisail]

Hi,

I recently move from Mac OS to Linux (PopOS) and from Apple Photos to Digikam 6.4 (installed using Snap).
During the export of my photos on Apple Photos, I asked for XMP sidecar file so I have 1 sidecar file for each of my pictures (MYIMAGE.XMP for MYIMAGE.JPG).
These XMP files contain title, description, georef, and tags.
However, it seems that digikam is not able to detect it... 

- in Item Properties I see "Sidecar: No"

- the XMP tab on the metadata section for every picture is blank

- when I move a picture to a new album, the XMP sidecar files are not moved with the picture file.

My config is like that :

Can you help me make digikam detect my XMP files?

I tried a lot of configuration with no success...

Thanks

Benjamin

[Gilles Caulier-4]

Hi,

Run digiKam from a Terminal. Look instructions from this page for MacOS :

https://www.digikam.org/contribute/

... and post the trace from the console here, when you try to play with sidecar.

Q : your collection of photos are in local hard drive or from a remote one ?

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le dim. 19 janv. 2020 à 18:28, benjamin soufflet <[hidden email]> a écrit :

Hi,

I recently move from Mac OS to Linux (PopOS) and from Apple Photos to Digikam 6.4 (installed using Snap).
During the export of my photos on Apple Photos, I asked for XMP sidecar file so I have 1 sidecar file for each of my pictures (MYIMAGE.XMP for MYIMAGE.JPG).
These XMP files contain title, description, georef, and tags.
However, it seems that digikam is not able to detect it... 

- in Item Properties I see "Sidecar: No"

- the XMP tab on the metadata section for every picture is blank

- when I move a picture to a new album, the XMP sidecar files are not moved with the picture file.

My config is like that :

Can you help me make digikam detect my XMP files?

I tried a lot of configuration with no success...

Thanks

Benjamin

[Maik Qualmann]

The extension of the sidecar file must be in lower case .XMP ==> .xmp

Maik

Am Montag, 20. Januar 2020, 00:27:45 CET schrieb benjamin soufflet:

> Hi,
>
> I recently move from Mac OS to Linux (PopOS) and from Apple Photos to
> Digikam 6.4 (installed using Snap).
> During the export of my photos on Apple Photos, I asked for XMP sidecar
> file so I have 1 sidecar file for each of my pictures (MYIMAGE.XMP for
> MYIMAGE.JPG).
> These XMP files contain title, description, georef, and tags.
> However, it seems that digikam is not able to detect it...
> - in Item Properties I see "Sidecar: No"
> - the XMP tab on the metadata section for every picture is blank
> - when I move a picture to a new album, the XMP sidecar files are not moved
> with the picture file.
>
> My config is like that :
> [image: Screenshot from 2020-01-19 00-59-11.png]
> [image: Screenshot from 2020-01-19 00-58-58.png]
>
>
> Can you help me make digikam detect my XMP files?
> I tried a lot of configuration with no success...
>
> Thanks
> Benjamin

[Philip Tuckey-2]

I note that my xmp files created by digikam have .xmp added to the full
image name, e.g. MYIMAGE.JPG.xmp, not MYIMAGE.xmp

Le 20/01/20 à 17:28, Maik Qualmann a écrit :

> The extension of the sidecar file must be in lower case .XMP ==> .xmp
>
> Maik
>
> Am Montag, 20. Januar 2020, 00:27:45 CET schrieb benjamin soufflet:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently move from Mac OS to Linux (PopOS) and from Apple Photos to
>> Digikam 6.4 (installed using Snap).
>> During the export of my photos on Apple Photos, I asked for XMP sidecar
>> file so I have 1 sidecar file for each of my pictures (MYIMAGE.XMP for
>> MYIMAGE.JPG).
>> These XMP files contain title, description, georef, and tags.
>> However, it seems that digikam is not able to detect it...
>> - in Item Properties I see "Sidecar: No"
>> - the XMP tab on the metadata section for every picture is blank
>> - when I move a picture to a new album, the XMP sidecar files are not moved
>> with the picture file.
>>
>> My config is like that :
>> [image: Screenshot from 2020-01-19 00-59-11.png]
>> [image: Screenshot from 2020-01-19 00-58-58.png]
>>
>>
>> Can you help me make digikam detect my XMP files?
>> I tried a lot of configuration with no success...
>>
>> Thanks
>> Benjamin
>
>
>
>

[benjisail]

Hi Gilles,

I am running Digikam from Linux (Ubuntu PopOS) not from MacOS. However, all
my pictures are coming from an export from Mac OS Photos...
My collection is on local drive in the home/pictures directory. All in the
same folder with sidecar file next to each picture.

Benjamin



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[benjisail]

@Maik

I renamed one of my XMP file to have the extension in lower case and it
seems to fix the problem ! Now the sidecar is detected by Digikam !
Thanks a lot.
Is this behaviour not a bug of Digikam ?

Benjamin



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[benjisail]

@Philip,
There is the compatibility mode in Digikam now to support XMP sidecar with
name not containing the image extension ;)



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[Philip Tuckey-2]

Thanks for the info.

On 20 January 2020 10:18:41 CET, benjisail <[hidden email]> wrote:

@Philip,
There is the compatibility mode in Digikam now to support XMP sidecar with
name not containing the image extension ;)



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[Maik Qualmann]

This option activates then also write sidecar as BASENAME.xmp, the standard
for digiKam would be BASENAME.EXT.xmp. DigiKam reads both formats
automatically. Further checks for upper case XMP extensions would further
reduce the speed, especially on network drives. In this case we would have to
check for 4 variants. I think we'll leave it in the lower case.

Maik

Am Montag, 20. Januar 2020, 10:24:14 CET schrieb Philip Tuckey:

> Thanks for the info.
>
> On 20 January 2020 10:18:41 CET, benjisail <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >@Philip,
> >There is the compatibility mode in Digikam now to support XMP sidecar
> >with
> >name not containing the image extension ;)
> >
> >
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[AlanH]

I am running 6.3.0 on Windows. I haven't been able to find a compatibility mode setting in the configuration settings. Could you please be more specific about where to find it? Also, does having two xmp files (filename.ext.xmp, filename.xmp)  create problems for other software that processes/reads metadata? Thanks. Alan

On January 20, 2020, at 5:40 AM, Maik Qualmann <[hidden email]> wrote:

This option activates then also write sidecar as BASENAME.xmp, the standard
for digiKam would be BASENAME.EXT.xmp. DigiKam reads both formats
automatically. Further checks for upper case XMP extensions would further
reduce the speed, especially on network drives. In this case we would have to
check for 4 variants. I think we'll leave it in the lower case.

Maik

Am Montag, 20. Januar 2020, 10:24:14 CET schrieb Philip Tuckey:
> Thanks for the info.
>
> On 20 January 2020 10:18:41 CET, benjisail <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >@Philip,
> >There is the compatibility mode in Digikam now to support XMP sidecar
> >with
> >name not containing the image extension ;)
> >
> >
> >
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[Maik Qualmann]

Update to digiKam-6.4.0 then you should find the option in the sidecar settings. You can also test the digikam-7.0.0-Beta2 from here:

 

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

 

Maik

 

Am Montag, 20. Januar 2020, 14:30:16 CET schrieb Alan H:

> I am running 6.3.0 on Windows. I haven't been able to find a compatibility

> mode setting in the configuration settings. Could you please be more

> specific about where to find it? Also, does having two xmp files

> (filename.ext.xmp, filename.xmp) create problems for other software that

> processes/reads metadata? Thanks. Alan

>

>

> On January 20, 2020, at 5:40 AM, Maik Qualmann <[hidden email]>

> wrote:

>

> This option activates then also write sidecar as BASENAME.xmp, the standard

> for digiKam would be BASENAME.EXT.xmp. DigiKam reads both formats

> automatically. Further checks for upper case XMP extensions would further

> reduce the speed, especially on network drives. In this case we would have

> to check for 4 variants. I think we'll leave it in the lower case.

>

> Maik

>

> Am Montag, 20. Januar 2020, 10:24:14 CET schrieb Philip Tuckey:

> > Thanks for the info.

> >

> > On 20 January 2020 10:18:41 CET, benjisail <[hidden email]> wrote:

> > >@Philip,

> > >There is the compatibility mode in Digikam now to support XMP sidecar

> > >with

> > >name not containing the image extension ;)

> > >

> > >

> > >

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