Created attachment 102928 [details] Image before and after the import When importing images with binary UserComment the image caption is set to "METADATA-START". I import an image via Import/Add Images which has a binary value in Exif.Photo.UserComment. I select one image which hasn't a description yet and press "Download selected". Afterwards in digikam this image has the caption "METADATA-START". exiv2 output before: Exif.Photo.UserComment Undefined 4104 (Binary value suppressed) and afterwards: Exif.Photo.UserComment Undefined 22 METADATA-START I would expect digikam to either interpret the binary value or completely ignore it, but not to fill the captions with "METADATA-START". exiv2 0.25 001900 (64 bit build)
Please check if problem exists yet with 5.4.0 pre-release as Linux universal bundle. This one use Exiv2 0.26-svn which is not yet released but which introduce more than 200 bugfixes since Exiv2 0.25. The bundle can be downloaded here : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzeiVr-byqt5Y0tIRWVWelRJenM Gilles Caulier
The problems still exists in the 5.4.0 pre-release digikam-5.4.0-01-x86-64.
After 3 weeks of work, i finally completed the compilation of AppImage using Qt 5.11.3 + QWebkit 5.212. New 6.1.0 pre-release AppImage bundle can be found here (64 bits only for the moment) : https://files.kde.org/digikam/ Please check if this bugzilla entry still valid. Thanks in advance Gilles Caulier
Problem still exists in digikam-6.1.0-git-20190330T125338-x86-64.appimage
*** Bug 422240 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
digiKam 7.0.0 stable release is now published: https://www.digikam.org/news/2020-07-19-7.0.0_release_announcement/ We need a fresh feedback on this file using this version. Best Regards Gilles Caulier
Resolved with 7.0.0. Now leaves the binary comment attribute untouched and shows "binary comment" in the GUI. Thanks for this great software!
*** Bug 425125 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Git commit 3b9b6615fd7b6a9711a5aa8986d143429bb31909 by Maik Qualmann. Committed on 23/08/2020 at 07:02. Pushed by mqualmann into branch 'master'. filter "binary comment" from the comment fields Since Exiv2-0.27.3 empty comment fields are output as "binary comment". Related: bug 425125, bug 422240 M +11 -6 core/libs/metadataengine/engine/metaengine_exif.cpp https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/commit/3b9b6615fd7b6a9711a5aa8986d143429bb31909