Bug 214708

Summary: [wish] Optionally ignore IPTC in Digikam
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Tenno Seremel <mystra.x64>
Component: Setup-MetadataAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: caulier.gilles, dyagilevvl, fedotov.i.f, fest.in, krege
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.0.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian testing   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 7.1.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Tenno Seremel 2009-11-15 20:24:13 UTC 
Version:           1.0.0~beta4-2 (using KDE 4.3.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

I think digiKam should have an option to ignore IPTC for both reading and writing. It can store only ASCII text anyway.
Comment 1 Supreme 2009-11-16 10:06:57 UTC 
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
Comment 2 Fest 2011-06-28 12:34:45 UTC 
I join to this wish-request. This my "use case" for ignoring IPTC:

After every time you write caption or add tag in non-english language (XMP support this), Digikam write it also to IPTC.

But since IPTC don't support unicode, all you get is ???????? instead of caption/tag.

So i have to do additional step after each caption/tag change - delete IPTC. It's really annoying.

IMHO, adding option to ignore IPTC is really useful for every non-english speaking user of Digikam.
Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2012-01-06 12:07:48 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 277512 ***
Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2020-08-31 03:14:46 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 289300 ***
Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2020-08-31 03:16:18 UTC 
Fixed with #289300