XnView Software

After working with this more, and on other Windows PCs on the network, I've found that everything is fine when I use the share name and network path for the catalog location and when browsing photos.

On the other hand, using a mapped drive letter results in the catalog search not giving results ...

So all is ok if unchecked?
Yes, as far as zoom goes it works fine if unchecked. The downside is that when viewing at the default zoom, images smaller than the resolution of the monitor don't fill the whole screen. I suspect that the issue isn't actually the dpi or dot pitch of the monitor itself ...

I can confirm this happens on my Surface Pro 4 at work (not 4K but also a Hi DPI device). Unchecking the "Zoom on HiDPI..." box in settings fixes it on that machine, too.

I just had this issue too, on a UHD (4K) display laptop. Try going to Settings, View, and UNCHECK "Zoom on HiDPI screen: 1 image pixel equals 1 screen pixel." That stopped the problem for me. I'm using Version 0.96.5 64bits (Aug 17 2020).

Unfortunately, this workaround means that smaller images ...

Thanks for the information.

The "Base Path" had been set to just \ but after I set it to \\nasname\Pictures\ the @ marked directories disappeared on their own. I'm not sure if that matters or if that's what got rid of the @, though.

Now the Catalog maintenance window shows a long list with ...

Under Settings > Catalog > Catalog tab > Catalog maintenance, in the directory list I have a bunch of directories starting with \@\ and \@[directoryname]\... that I didn't add myself. Could anyone tell me what these are and if it's OK to delete them?

My catalog and photos are all on a Samba network ...

I'm having success today! I tried assigning some new Categories to pictures and now the search is working - the pictures with the Categories I check show up in the search results. I don't know what changed exactly, except that I the edit made it write a change to the database file.

Now I can get to ...

Sorry for the delay in my reply.

the photos on your share drive are already in the catalog of XnView?

I thought they were, after I ran "View > Update Catalog from files". Every time I open XnView, the XnView.db file (on the share drive) Modified Date changes to the time I opened the program ...

I'm trying to search (Tools > Search) my photos for any with a certain Category assigned or Keyword, but no matter what I search for, I'm getting 0 results if I have Use Catalog checked. Unchecked, I get results, but that is very slow and seems to defeat the purpose.

All photos are on a network SMB ...

I just got started with XnViewMP so I'm not the best person to answer this, but from what I understand Categories don't work that way. E.g., Categories aren't "fields" that contain "values" (like for example user-defined MP3 tags), but rather "keywords" that can be structured in a hierarchy, all of ...

m.Th.,
Wow, thanks for the fast, helpful reply! Just to follow up...

1. Great that metadata edits don't touch the image data; especially good when adding more Categories later.

2a and b. I understand - "Import" here means to add to the database, and copy into the file structure you've chosen in ...

Hi. I'm moving to xnviewmp to manage my photo collection and after trying it out and searching I have 3 questions I hope someone can answer. I'm using Windows 10.

1. When I add/edit Categories or otherwise edit the metadata of a .jpg, is that destructive to the image quality or is it harmless (like ...