[digiKam-users] Problem converting tags from 5.9.0 to 6 beta 2

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[digiKam-users] Problem converting tags from 5.9.0 to 6 beta 2

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Problem:

Last year, I spent a couple of weeks setting my tags in DK and
cleaning them from my previous Lightroom.

My settings in 5.9 were:

* read from sidecar
* write to sidecar
write to XMP sidecar only

Total Items: 46826
Albums: 294
Tags: 231
 
Database backend: QSQLITE
Database Path: /drive-b/photos/

Today I downloaded 6beta2 and started it.

1. Instead of converting the database, it did a full read of all the
photos and imported the data from the XMPs
2. Instead of using the 5.9.0 data, DK6beta2 imported the
data from the old Lightroom and not from the digikam4.db from
5.9.0

So as a result, I'm missing a lot of tags, plenty of
title/captions... The color labels and ratings did go through.

I'd like to go back to the 5.9.0 data

Question:

In 5.9.0: which settings should I set so that DK over-writes the
existing XMPs to have the 5.9.0 in the XMPs and not have any of the
Lightroom data that is still stored in the XMPs?

I'm willing to delete all the existing XMPs if necessary (I have 2
full backups)

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Re: Problem converting tags from 5.9.0 to 6 beta 2

Maik Qualmann
Following changes when reading LR sidecar in digiKam-6.0.0-beta2:

- If sidecar in LR format available, they are used automatically
- Changes in sidecar files are now recognized as well.

So you need to remove the sidecar files in LR format so that the sidecar files
from digiKam are reused.

LR: BASISNAME.xmp
DK: BASISNAME.EXT.xmp

Maik

Am Sonntag, 14. Oktober 2018, 19:39:57 CEST schrieb [hidden email]:

> Problem:
>
> Last year, I spent a couple of weeks setting my tags in DK and
> cleaning them from my previous Lightroom.
>
> My settings in 5.9 were:
>
> * read from sidecar
> * write to sidecar
> write to XMP sidecar only
>
> Total Items: 46826
> Albums: 294
> Tags: 231
>
> Database backend: QSQLITE
> Database Path: /drive-b/photos/
>
> Today I downloaded 6beta2 and started it.
>
> 1. Instead of converting the database, it did a full read of all the
> photos and imported the data from the XMPs
> 2. Instead of using the 5.9.0 data, DK6beta2 imported the
> data from the old Lightroom and not from the digikam4.db from
> 5.9.0
>
> So as a result, I'm missing a lot of tags, plenty of
> title/captions... The color labels and ratings did go through.
>
> I'd like to go back to the 5.9.0 data
>
> Question:
>
> In 5.9.0: which settings should I set so that DK over-writes the
> existing XMPs to have the 5.9.0 in the XMPs and not have any of the
> Lightroom data that is still stored in the XMPs?
>
> I'm willing to delete all the existing XMPs if necessary (I have 2
> full backups)