XnView Software

A stupid question:
For the rating, is it possible to configure the tool to only rely on the content of the file (XMP data) and never use this catalog?
Thanks

Unfortunately it doesn't work.
I've got 16 files with stars in this directory and, only enough, XnViewMP is showing only 3 of them with stars.

If you do the same test does it work? I mean: Assign the stars from windows explorer properties and check if XnViewMP notices the stars.

Thank you

Hi,
I'm a new user of xnviewmp. I installed it because I wanted an easy tool to set star rating to my photos and I wanted the rating to be attached to the jpg file and not stored in a separate DataBase. By this way, the rating remains if I copy the photo or use another program.

In the settings, I ...