Bug 366429

Summary:	Digikam 4.14.0 linux does not read XMP created by digikam 5.0.0 windows
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Andrius <aegoreev>
Component:	Metadata-Sidecar	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	major	CC:	caulier.gilles
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.14.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	5.3.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Andrius 2016-08-04 23:02:24 UTC

I access the same database from two different digikams - one is 5.0.0 on windows (host), one is 4.14.0 on linux (guest). I use sidecar files for read only images as well as video files (mp4 in my case). Since adjust time&date option does not work on 5.0.0 (it just creates 0 B files) I do so in 4.14.0. I just noticed that none of the comments and GPS data I have added to video files and saved to sidecar files in 5.0.0 are visible in 4.14.0

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add any comment, star rating, gps data etc. to a video file in digikam 5.0.0 and save it sidecar
2. Read the same files in digikam 4.14.0
3.

Actual Results:  
None of the info added to files in 5.0.0 is visible in 4.14.0

Expected Results:  
Both 5.0.0 and 4.14.0 should have the same data

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2016-11-02 15:50:21 UTC

The expected behavior is to use last version.

The high possibility is to have a bug fixed in 5.x releases...

So, it's recommended to switch to DK5. After all, we pass more that 2 year to port code from DK 4 to Qt5 frameworks with a lots of changes in source code...

note : DK 4.15 will never exists. The future is 5.x...

If you want to use DK 5 under a Linux system where application do not exist in standard, use AppImage bundle.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzeiVr-byqt5Y0tIRWVWelRJenM


Gilles Caulier