Bug 486132

Summary:	XMP file is not created if directory contains non-ascii UTF-8 chars
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	martin <gfoiwerts>
Component:	Metadata-Sidecar	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	metzpinguin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	8.3.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/09464b03dbfaa2cd29ac2a34ea2d2b04e354866a	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	8.4.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description martin 2024-04-25 21:27:36 UTC

If I place JPG files into subdirectory "ř", XMP files are never created.
If I place the same JPG files into subdirectory "r", XMP files are created correctly.
I can even copy XMP files from directory "r" to "ř" and they are read/interpreted correctly (for JPG files inside "ř"), but never updated.

Same result with HEIC files.

Writing metadata into JPG files works just fine.

My Settings -> Metadata: 

Write this Information to the Metadata: Image tags + Rating
Delegate to ExifTool backend all operations to write metadata to files: (can be true or false, doesn't change anything)
Sidecars/Write to sidecar files: Write to XMP sidecar only

If I set it to "Write to item and XMP Sidecar", then the JPG files are modified correctly (event inside "ř" directory), but XMP files are still never created.

Comment 1 martin 2024-04-25 21:36:14 UTC

I am actually not sure about reading/interpreting XMP files inside "ř" directory.
It seems that rating is somehow loaded from database. If I copy XMP file into "ř" directory, it doesn't change rating of the JPG file there.

Comment 2 Maik Qualmann 2024-04-26 05:48:50 UTC

Creating sidecars in file paths with non ASCII characters is fixed in digikam-8.4.0. See also Bug 483743. A digiKam-8.4.0 test version can be downloaded here:

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Maik

Comment 3 Maik Qualmann 2024-04-26 18:21:09 UTC

Git commit 09464b03dbfaa2cd29ac2a34ea2d2b04e354866a by Maik Qualmann.
Committed on 26/04/2024 at 18:20.
Pushed by mqualmann into branch 'master'.

support UTF8 for xmp sidecar in the MSVC build was still forgotten
FIXED-IN: 8.4.0

M  +1    -1    core/libs/metadataengine/engine/metaengine_p.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/09464b03dbfaa2cd29ac2a34ea2d2b04e354866a