XnView Software

BasePath is to use relative path for the folder of your photos
I understand that much, but I thought that the BasePath mechanism only works if the original PC has the base path defined at the time the DB entry for the folder is created.
I think if you only change basePath on the second PC then it ...

When I open XnViewMP I cannot search anything unless I click on the little icon at the top "Show files in sub folder"
Do you mean "I cannot use Quick search to search subfolders"?
That would be rather the point - "quick" only searches current folder, or displayed list. Maybe it should be called ...

if your photos are all on /Volumes/LACIET1B/FOTOS on your first computer, yes
and on your second computer, if for example, you use /Volumes/OTHER/FOTOS, enter this path in base path

Maybe I don't understand how BasePath works, but I thought if the first PC had not started with the defined ...

There is a long-standing bug with the use of Base Path and searching. I don't recall it being fixed, but I converted everything away from that when I noticed it.

Update: after I posted the details below, I noticed a "merge with..." option. Seems to be a lot simpler than my procedure.
The only drawback I can see is that the "move to" and "merge with" options do not automatically assign parent category. But that is easy enough to tidy up.

To tidy up ...

I hope this is not too late to be useful.

Yes, there are convenient ways to do what you want, and also traps that can lead to a waste of time.

First step:
Configure your browser window to show the pane labelled "Categories". Assigning through this window is far easier and a bit safer than the ...

You can (and I strongly recommend) writing the ratings metadata to the image file (or a sidecar according to your preference). (See Settings->metadata).
That way, you can reconstruct your DB should it every become lost/corrupted.

As far as I know you would need to manipulate the database file ...

The only thing would be how a Folder/Directory is defined.


It applies to whatever is selected: zero or more folders plus zero or more files.

I suspect that applying it to selected items is why the Windows explorer has it under edit.
However, windows explorer is also inconsistent because ...

Currently these entries are in 'Edit' menu, some users ask for 'File' which seems more logical
What do you think?
That refers to browser - for an image window these options appear under File , and in that context it makes more sense that way than under Edit .

For the browser window it seems to me ...

Version 0.87 beta 1 - all my test thumbnails now look like they should (after waiting for them all to be rebuilt!).
However , the 4-in-one folder thumbnails still have the problem. This is even if I visit the lower folder first, allow the correct thumbnails to be cached and then visit the folder ...

working very well now, even network mapped drives where windows explorer sometimes had trouble.

confirm problem is fixed in 0.87 beta 1.
Thank you

xnview wrote:so it's always after an IPTC editing?

yes.

From looking at how the DB behaves, I guess it might also happen if other software changes metadata between stopping and restarting xnviewmp.

update: I started with a blank DB and stepped through the process, saving the db each stage.

The problem seems to be that when the large block of captions is written to, the IPTC/XMP data is updated in the file, but the metadata in the DB is not.

When I restart XnviewMP it scans the modified files ...

Hello Pierre,
I can still reproduce on 0.86, x64 on Windows 7.
Sometimes !

I have done some experimenting and it seems to be reproducible under the following conditions.

I have a folder with 160 jpeg images. Select a number of files, more than 10 is needed - 14 or 15 seems to make it fairly ...