"Build IPTC from XMP" - missing or bug?

[slarti76]

Hello!

This is my first post here, so sorry if I'm asking something "well known" - but I searched the forum for a while and didn't find anything.

My question is what happened to the "Build IPTC from XMP" in XnViewMP? I don't find any mention of it here, e.g. in the "Missing features" thread.

I realize that MP obviously is meant to integrate IPTC and XMP into one dialog - in that case, I wonder if it is a bug that my XMP tagsdon't appear in the dialog. When starting to work with new images that I already tagged on my smartphone (with F-Stop which writes XMP), I first have to start old XnView and import the XMP subjects with "Build IPTC from XMP". That way, they end up as keywords in the XnViewMP dialog, as intended. If I open XnViewMP directly and then the IPTC/XMP dialog, the keywords are empty, even though the XMP info tab correctly shows the tags. I can't be a matter of different tag names, as XnViewMP writes its keywords with the exact same tag name (dc/subject).

So is this a bug or still missing feature?

Thank you very much!

[xnview]

you have only XMP in your picture?

[slarti76]

you have only XMP in your picture?

Yes, according to what XnView displays, there is only an XMP block when I first open the picture in XnViewMP. Once I use the "Edit IPTC/XMP" dialog (and enter and save something), both metadata are written and seem to be equivalent.
The app I'm using on my Android phone, F-Spot, only writes XMP. It can also write XMP sidecars, didn't try that yet, though.

[xnview]

you have only XMP in your picture?

Yes, according to what XnView displays, there is only an XMP block when I first open the picture in XnViewMP. Once I use the "Edit IPTC/XMP" dialog (and enter and save something), both metadata are written and seem to be equivalent.
The app I'm using on my Android phone, F-Spot, only writes XMP. It can also write XMP sidecars, didn't try that yet, though.

could you send me a sample file?

[slarti76]

you have only XMP in your picture?

Yes, according to what XnView displays, there is only an XMP block when I first open the picture in XnViewMP. Once I use the "Edit IPTC/XMP" dialog (and enter and save something), both metadata are written and seem to be equivalent.
The app I'm using on my Android phone, F-Spot, only writes XMP. It can also write XMP sidecars, didn't try that yet, though.

could you send me a sample file?

There you are.
The screenshot visualizes the problem: Although the XMP data clearly contains the subjects, the IPTC/XMP dialog doesn't contain any keywords. I did some research, and realize that subjects and keywords are not exactly the same - but XnViewMP writes "subject" in the XMP files, too.

[xnview]

in options, use 'XMP update or create IPTC"
Following the choosen mode, XMP or IPTC will be readed

[slarti76]

in options, use 'XMP update or create IPTC"
Following the choosen mode, XMP or IPTC will be readed

Thank you very much, that did it! Didn't see that option - well saw it, but didn't realize it's the solution.