Bug 277512

Summary: Add option "Disable writing metadata in exif/iptc" or "Write metadata only in xmp"
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Fest <fest.in>
Component: Setup-MetadataAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: caulier.gilles, krege, mystra.x64
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 2.0.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 7.1.0
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: IPTC example

Description Fest 2011-07-10 23:25:16 UTC 
Version:           2.0.0 (using Devel) 
OS:                Linux

There are a lot of options how to save metadata in Digikam. 

Problem that there is no way to forbid Digikam write to exif and iptc. And for users adding tags and captions in non-english language it's killing blow, rendering metadata useless - cause Digikam trying to save that in exif and iptc, and result is something like that &D*^#( instead of unicode.

So, i'm asking about option to write metadata only in xmp.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Open image in Digikam.
2) Open caption sidebar.
3) Write caption in non-english language - for example in russian/hebrew/etc.
4) Open metadata sidebar - iptc tab

Actual Results:  
Caption is non readable. Something like *&$Y(#(

Expected Results:  
Caption is written only in xmp and readable.
Comment 1 Fest 2011-07-10 23:28:58 UTC 
Created attachment 61770 [details]
IPTC example
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2012-01-06 12:07:48 UTC 
*** Bug 214708 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2012-01-06 12:09:46 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 289300 ***
Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2020-08-31 03:15:18 UTC 
Fixed with #289300