External changes in sidcare files are detected only in digiKam-6.0.0-beta1.
Maik
Am Donnerstag, 4. Oktober 2018, 21:10:01 CEST schrieb Peter McD:
> Or at least an option to enable that.
>
> Peter
>
> Am 04.10.18 um 17:54 schrieb Andrey Goreev:
> > I wish there was an option to automatically re-read the sidecars if the
> > timestamp has been updated though...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Digikam-users [mailto:
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> > Peter McD Sent: October 4, 2018 7:33 AM
> > To:
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> > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] Star ratings: Digikam - Darktable - Digikam
> >
> > You are right.
> >
> > Both are set in "Sidecars" (in German)
> >
> > Aus Nebendateien lesen
> > In Nebendateien schreiben
> >
> > [Nur in XMP-Nebendateien schreiben]
> >
> > Then on the toolbar (in German)
> >
> > Album
> > Metadaten aus Bildern neu einlesen.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Peter
> >
> >> For raw files darktable writes metadata to xmp sidecars so you need to
> >> active the option "read from sidecar files" in digikam and then - select
> >> the items - right click - re-read metadata from files.
> >>
> >> I noticed that a change of star ratings in Digikam is noticed and
> >> accepted in Darktable. The other way round, if I change ratings in
> >> Darktable, Digikam ignores them.
> >> When Digikam is started, it checks for changed files.
> >>
> >> Is there a quick option for re-reading star ratings in Digikam?
> >>
> >> System openSUSE Tumbleweed digikam 5.9.0
> >>
> >> Peter
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