XnView Software

+1

Disclaimer: I know nothing about packaging.

And +1 especially for using already-installed ExifTools. (A while ago I spent some time trying to 'hack' this, but gave up - but I really wanted to use the current version of ExifTools instead of the ancient one included in the package).
I'd also ...

Traveling in India right now... shortly before I left, I loaded the .deb file of XnViewMP on my netbook (running CrunchBang), as well as a load of IPTC template files I had saved in the Windows version, with lots of data I would like to reuse.

XnViewMP installed and runs just fine (with some minor ...

xnview wrote:Sorry, yes i've seen your problem Even if i don't reply... I'll check asap

Thank you Pierre! Glad to know you're at least aware of the problem.

Cheers,
Marjolein

John,

I'm not asking for an immediate solution. I know one-man shows need sleeptime as well. :)

But I know Pierre has been on the forum and replied to some posts since I posted my report. All I would like to see is acknowledgement that this is, indeed, a bug. It looks as though it's just being ...

I am surprised, and rather disappointed, that even after a whole week (during which I can see 'xnview' has been active non the forum), there still has not even been an acknowledgement of my serious bug report. :(

Destroying existing contact information in a file is not something that should happen ...

Rationale for 'must fix': important existing meta data is destroyed.

IPTC: Updating XMP destroys some of it

Marjolein Katsma

XnTriq wrote:<!-- OT //

• Welcome, marjoleink! I used to be a frequent visitor of hshelp.com and wouldn't mind if you were to become a regular contributor at newsgroup.xnview.com ;o)

// OT -->

Ha! A blast from the past. Thanks for the welcome, XnTriq!

Hello,

I'm a long-time user and fan of XnView, but unfortunately I now have a problem to report.

I have started to add IPTC data (and other meta data) to my photographs. My strategy for this is:

use Phil Harvey's ExifTool for 'bulk' operations, such as location and creator data which can be ...