Bug 469456

Summary: Rating is not written to metadata for HEIC file types
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: michael.avena
Component: Metadata-ExifToolAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: caulier.gilles, metzpinguin, michael.avena
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 8.0.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Microsoft Windows   
OS: Microsoft Windows   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 8.1.0
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Description michael.avena 2023-05-07 19:56:52 UTC 
SUMMARY
When digiKam is configured to write rating to metadata, and "delegate to ExifTool backend for all operations to write metadata to files" is selected, rating is not written to metadata for HEIC files. Rating is written to metadata as expected for JPG and PNG files. Other metadata, such as tags, is written as expected to HEIC files.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. In digiKam, navigate to Settings > Configure digiKam > Metadata. Ensure checkboxes next to "Rating" and "Delegate to ExifTool backend for all operations to write metadata to files" are selected.
2. Using digiKam, rate a photo that has a filetype of HEIC.
3. Click Item > Write metadata to file.
4. Review metadata in digiKam or in Windows File Explorer properties menu.

OBSERVED RESULT
Rating is not written to file metadata (neither EXIF nor XMP).


EXPECTED RESULT
Rating should be written to file metadata.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: Windows 11 Pro 22H2 (OS build 22621.1413)
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
N/A
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2023-05-07 20:51:23 UTC 
Rating is definitely written to XMP and EXIF. You can easily check it in the metadata viewer. You may need to reset the Advanced Metadata Rating settings to default, or load the default digiKam profile.

Maik
Comment 2 michael.avena 2023-05-08 00:15:47 UTC 
Resetting to default in the advanced metadata configuration section resolved the issue. Something was added to the list of modules when I clicked the reset button, but I unfortunately didn't catch exactly which one. Behavior is now as expected, and metadata is written to both the EXIF and XMP.