Urgent Help Needed for ITPC Editing!

[chrisszab]

Hi,

I have an urgent problem! I need to input IPTC data. I have done this before, with no problems. Now, however, something has gone wrong. When I input, for instance, "headline" and then "write", it is deleted. I have gone through all the different options of "write" for the IPTC info, and it won't work.
I am using Windows XP, XnView version 1.96. I have also taken a few hours looking through the forums, and have not seen this particular problem. I have also installed/uninstalled and then downloaded a new version of XnView, but still the problem persists.
The files are .jpg and not write protected or read only.
I am quite lost, please help!!

[oops66]

Hello,
? Maybe try to do:
Ctrl+i to open IPTC window, then uncheck the item "Update or Create XMP", and try again...

[chrisszab]

Hi,

Well, I tried that, but it doesn't let me! In other words, the box with the check mark and the line "update or create XMP" remains grey or whatever colour, but I can't change it.
Please tell me more!
And thanks!

Chris

[oops66]

...Please tell me more!...

It was just to see, because it was an "old" bug.
But now, unfortunately, i have not any idea of your problem.
Have you also tried with some others jpg files from an other camera or without embedded metadata ?
So wait and see the Pierre answer...

[XnTriq]

Well, I tried that, but it doesn't let me! In other words, the box with the check mark and the line "update or create XMP" remains grey or whatever colour, but I can't change it.

chrisszab, is there a file called Xmp.dll in the AddOn subfolder of your XnView installation?

XMP not written to JPG files?

[chrisszab]

chrisszab, is there a file called Xmp.dll in the AddOn subfolder of your XnView installation? XMP not written to JPG files?

No, there isn't. I also looked at the other viewtopic. So that means I need to get the XMP.dll file. Could you tell me how to do that? Sorry, I'm not a computer developer, only an end-user!

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[oops66]

...I have also installed/uninstalled and then downloaded a new version of XnView, but still the problem persists...

OK, I see now...but unfortunately this file (XMP.dll) is missing even inside the full zip one :
It's a bug for me, because these functions (IPTC edit functions - crtl+i) should work even without this dll (like in the past, except of course for the "Update or Create XMP" functionality).
FI: here is the full one:
http://www.xnview.com/en/downloadwin32.html
XnView v1.96 Complete version (Some Plugins/Addons & NConvert, ShellEx, Media Detector)

So, for the moment, you can just create an empty Xmp.dll file into this folder( XnView\AddOn\ ), then goto IPTC edit window (crtl+i) and uncheck the "Update or Create XMP" box, then try again to add some IPTC keywords...
PS:That solution works here for me.

[Clo]

oops66

Hello !

• I have the xmp.dll here - 488 KiB - Oct. 07.2008.
- If you think it could do the trick, I would place it now on my site as a RAR archive.

KR
Claude
Clo

[oops66]

...
• I have the xmp.dll here - 488 KiB - Oct. 07.2008.
- If you think it could do the trick, I would place it now on my site as a RAR archive. ..
Clo

Hello Clo,
Yes, it's a good idea
Thanks.

[Clo]

oops66

It's available HERE till tomorrow (I miss space…).

KR
Claude
Clo

[chrisszab]

Hi!
Special thanks to Clo and XnTriq. This seems to have solved the problem. If I have further difficulties, I will shout!

Thanks again,
Chris

[oops66]

oops66
It's available HERE till tomorrow (I miss space…).
KR
Claude
Clo

OK, thank you Clo.

[chrisszab]

Well, I AM having more problems. This is weird. Basically, sometimes I edit the IPTC data and it is all fine. Then, on another photo, it doesn't work. This is all the same batch, taken at the same time etc.
What shall I do?

Cheers,
Chris

[xnview]

Well, I AM having more problems. This is weird. Basically, sometimes I edit the IPTC data and it is all fine. Then, on another photo, it doesn't work. This is all the same batch, taken at the same time etc.
What shall I do?

If you have a problem with a picture file, please send me it

[XnTriq]

I have two versions of xmp.dll:

• 07/Oct/2008 20:23:34 (Clo's download)
• 05/Nov/2008 10:30:32 (v1.95.4 & v1.96.0 RC1)

Both files are 499.712 bytes in size. There's no version number, but a binary comparison shows that they are indeed different.