XnView Software

Pierre, you said a year ago you would add this as an option.

Can you tell us when this will happen, please?

Saving ratings in file metadata and also sidecar files simultaneously is still not possible. This capability is needed for compatibility with other software.

Thank you!

xnview wrote: Mon May 13, 2024 7:14 am yes currently it's not possible. I'll add an option...

Hi Pierre, you said you would add the option to use XMP sidecars and embedded EXIF metadata simultaneously, but I still don't see this option in version 1.8.2

Will this be coming soon?

Thank you!

Yes, rating can be done through the preview, but it's not efficient, as I said in my original post.

You have to click on the image (so that the preview loads the image), then mouse to the preview and click the rating, then mouse back and click another image to select. To rate 6 images: 12 clicks ...

Thank you. I tried what you suggested. It's still twice as many clicks as necessary.

What would be ideal would be just to have an option to have the ratings-mouseover that appears on the preview also available when you mouseover any image in the browser.

Since that doesn't seem to be possible ...

Does anyone have any other thoughts on how more efficient rating with a mouse might be achieved in the browser?

There's so much capability in XnView MP that I wonder if I'm missing something...

you need to replace ffmpeg-6.dll in the folder of xnviewmp.exe


Thank you, I did, but it does not address the problem.

I did what you said, and replaced the ffmpeg-6.dll in the folder with xnviewmp.exe. I used the dll from ffmpeg-6.0-windows-desktop-vs2022-default.7z

Doing so does not make ...

Thank you, Pierre! That's great! Much appreciated.

Thank you, I'm aware of keyboard shortcuts, but I want to use the mouse exclusively. Ratings and Colors/Categories are saved in the sidecar if settings are set properly.

I'm looking for a way to make rating by mouse more efficient.

I agree that this would be a wonderful and unique feature.

Many cameras allow the recording of an "audio note" when an image is taken. This audio note is saved as a .WAV or .MP3 file alongside the jpeg or raw file. It's essentially an audio sidecar file.

What the OP (and I) are looking for is if ...

I have a question about rating using the browser, and I hope someone can help...

I'm trying to use XnView MP for image culling using the browser, and I'd like to make the process as efficient as possible.

As far as I can see, there are four ways to rate from the browser:
1. Click on the image, and ...

I'm a new user of XnView MP, and I'm trying to use it for image culling at the start of my workflow, before images go into Lightroom.
I have both raw and jpeg images, and xnviewmp is good at dealing with those files together.

One problem I'm seeing is the way XnViewMP deals with rating metadata ...