XnView Software

overly complicated [...] feature
I cannot evaluate that.

mostly unneeded feature
Only someone who has not yet experienced certain use cases can speak like this. Here are just two of them:

Use case 1:
You get a zip file with lots of photos from an external source. You want to rate the best ...

Yes, I can confirm that the problem was fixed in XnView MP 1.8.7.
The solution with the table-like structure is great. A nice idea that I really like.

bye
jacomo

Hi!

Version : XnViewMP 1.5.5 64 bit
OS : Linux 64bit

I don't know if this is a bug or if it belongs in the Suggestions section.

But I have noticed that a rating can't be set for images within an archive. As the archive function does not work for versions 1.6.0 to 1.8.7, I have noticed this ...

Hi!

First of all, sorry for the late reply.
I have now tested several versions (under Linux).

Notes:
- Tested with *.zip and *.rar archives
- The test platform was Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS.


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| AppImage | tgz | deb ...

xnview wrote: Tue Mar 25, 2025 9:39 am and with the tgz package?

What do you mean exactly? Do you mean XnView_MP-1.8.6-linux-x64.tgz? Or do you mean a plugin? Is the code of tgz and AppImage different? Whatever you want - i can try it some hours later.

Version: XnView MP 1.8.6 64 bit
OS: Linux 64bit

Problem:
If you click on an archive file or press Enter, the content is no longer displayed (I have only tested zip files, but it is likely that the other archive files are also affected)

I had a look at the old AppImage versions to find out from ...

Now I'm a bit confused. The option ('Settings>Metadata>Import rating') does not exist for me.
There are only two options for exporting (rating and color label).
An option to import them would be really great.

ciao
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Hello, I wanted to address a rating issue again after a long time, now that I am working more often with this wonderful software again.

In the current version 1.8.6 my problem still seems to exist:
The rating (and color label) of new files is automatically imported and cannot be disabled (https ...

Yes, but the problem is:
I have hundreds of files with rating or label data. Because of this bug https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=36465 the files got wrong rating in XnViewMP. So a workaround would be to remove or set every rating/label from all files. But this must work in an ...

Hi,

is there a way to remove or change ratings or labels from the XMP-Info of a file.
I searched in BatchConvert but found nothing (BatchConvert > AddAction > IPTC-IIM/XMP)

Many thanks

yes, you're right. The option "Import XMP subject..." works correctly with DB Categories but not for rating/label. Rating/Label are imported every time - independently from enabling or disabling the option.

small Question: :-)
Is this bug a big one to correct?
Do you have a rough estimate, when the ...

Yes, I disabled the following option:
"Import XMP subject or IPTC keyword to DB Categories"

But the pictures were assigned to DB Categories nevertheless. And the pictures were rated and got numbers from 1 to 5 or a colour label - if there is a corresponding XMP-data in the file.

XnView Version:
XnView MP Linux
Version 0.87 64bits (Sep 5 2017)
Libformat version 7.10

OS:
Ubuntu 16.04

Description:
If a pictures has XMP metadata (rating, colour label, keyword, etc?) the picture is automatically sorted in the database and gets a tag by default. This behaviour can not be ...

Hi again!

I have detected the same problem with "Align histogram" as with http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=36163

Following command doesn't work:
./nconvert -align 0 200 0 -o outfile.jpg infile.jpg

But now it seems that the original filter in xnview doesn't work, too. The ...

Many thanks for your fast reply.

By the way:
I am using the filter to get a unique white background after scanning a document with black text. The filter is very good for this job because it doesn't change the colour much.

Does anybody know an alternative filter / tool (maybe with imagemagick) for ...