XnView doesn't see ratings entered by XnViewMP?

[Captain_Carrot]

Hello,

Not sure if this should be in XnView or XnViewMP. Sorry if it's in the wrong place.

I was wondering why, when I rate/colour label a photo with XnViewMP (writing to the photo XMP - thank you for that feature!), the photo rating/colour label doesn't show up in regular XnView? Is there some way to enable this, or tell XnView to look for XnViewMP-style ratings and colour tags in the XMP data?

Usability suggestion: for reading XMP-stored rating info, add an interface to allow user to scan the XMP for metadata added by Photoshop *OR* Windows Explorer *OR* XnView, etc., etc. Alternately, allowing the user to manually enter specific XMP tag names to scan for and recognize as ratings in XnView would be *very* useful. If there is a conflict (i.e., rated '5' in a Windows Explorer-placed tag, but rated '4' in a Photoshop-placed tag), highlight the conflicted photo(s) by rating it/them 'C' or something in XnView.

Just an idea.

thx,
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[xnview]

It's not possible. XnView use database to store rating, XnViewMP use his own database, AND/OR XMP (to be compatible with other software)

[Captain_Carrot]

Okay then, my bad! I thought XnView had the ability to read from the XMP as well.

Thanks for the quick reply!
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