I'm experiencing a weird problem with digikam 5.5.0 which I just installed (and I can't run any test on the latest 5.7.0 appimage as that won't see my camera!) The problem looks like the metadata info are missing from just a few pictures, but they're not, as I can see them after I import the pictures. All the pictures have metadata and on just a few of them, no matter how hard I try, I don't get them in import window. I'm on Linux Mint 18.2, fwiw. Camera is a Canon EOS 60D.
Does the problem occur with RAW files? Is the camera connected via gPhoto2 (MTP, PTP)? Then this is a normal behavior. It is currently not possible to read the metadata unless the entire RAW file is temporarily downloaded. This would be very time-intensive. Maik
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #1) > Does the problem occur with RAW files? Is the camera connected via gPhoto2 > (MTP, PTP)? Then this is a normal behavior. It is currently not possible to > read the metadata unless the entire RAW file is temporarily downloaded. This > would be very time-intensive. > > Maik No, it's with JPG files. I don't know what's gPhoto2 - camera is connected via USB cable, digikam recognizes it (a "Canon camera" appears under import -> cameras) and let me access and preview/download the pictures. If you need one of those problematic files to test it, like putting it on your camera and see what happens, I can provide one of them with no problems, they're just views.
Look in your Camera settings if you share the device contents as PTP or UMS protocol. PTP is Gphoto2, UMS is Solid (as a compact flash card reader). As i can see PTP mode sound like the default for Canon. This permit remote control from computer: http://canoncanada.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/21942/~/how-to-connect-the-camera-to-a-computer-using-a-usb-cable-%28eos-60d%29
(In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #3) > Look in your Camera settings if you share the device contents as PTP or UMS > protocol. PTP is Gphoto2, UMS is Solid (as a compact flash card reader). > > As i can see PTP mode sound like the default for Canon. This permit remote > control from computer: > > http://canoncanada.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/21942/~/how-to- > connect-the-camera-to-a-computer-using-a-usb-cable-%28eos-60d%29 Sure, I can check in my camera which mode it's using and if I can change that. What setting should I use, possibly? Would that be a possible cause for my issue?
UMS (USB Mass Storage) mode will solve this problem. In fact the camera memory is see by computer as an USB key. Gilles Caulier
I'm reading about gPhoto2. If my camera is in PTP mode (I suspect that!) thus digikam is using gPhoto, is there a log file generated somewhere? There might be some useful info there, both to fix my issue and to try to submit a bug there (or solve that myself, with a bit of luck, and provide a fix)
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
Hi Sverx and happy new year, Did you solve your problem following my recommendation from this file ? Best Gilles Caulier
Happy New Year! Well, I'm on Mint 20.1 and using Digikam 7.2.0 now and I no longer have any problem. Also, I'm not sure how I did resolve the problem, I probably didn't find any setting I could change on the camera itself... it either never happened again or I had installed some update that solved it... hard to tell now, too much time has passed. I think this ticket can be closed - thanks for your support and help!
Git commit eeb5ba940b0b7e523200e791b9f98623ab75b65b by Maik Qualmann. Committed on 15/06/2022 at 17:12. Pushed by mqualmann into branch 'master'. fix read creation date from imported items from Import Tool - Metadata for renaming will only be read after saving in the album - Correct creation of date based albums. - Add metadata and camera renaming options in the Import Tool. - Removed live renaming preview in import view, preview for selected item only. Related: bug 452088, bug 444928, bug 381214, bug 455091 FIXED-IN: 8.0.0 M +5 -1 NEWS M +9 -1 core/utilities/advancedrename/advancedrenamemanager.cpp M +1 -0 core/utilities/advancedrename/advancedrenamemanager.h M +2 -0 core/utilities/advancedrename/common/parsesettings.h M +1 -3 core/utilities/advancedrename/parser/importrenameparser.cpp M +4 -1 core/utilities/advancedrename/parser/options/filepropertiesoption.cpp M +129 -201 core/utilities/import/backend/cameracontroller.cpp M +1 -18 core/utilities/import/backend/cameracontroller.h M +1 -1 core/utilities/import/backend/camiteminfo.h M +1 -1 core/utilities/import/items/importdelegate.cpp M +339 -267 core/utilities/import/main/importui.cpp M +9 -10 core/utilities/import/main/importui.h M +7 -1 core/utilities/import/main/importui_p.h M +8 -28 core/utilities/import/widgets/renamecustomizer.cpp M +2 -1 core/utilities/import/widgets/renamecustomizer.h https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/commit/eeb5ba940b0b7e523200e791b9f98623ab75b65b