XnView ignores existing XMP files and creates duplicate

[pluap]

I am new to XnView and still trying to figure out how things work.

I exported my previous Aperture library with Aperture Exporter and it creates sidecars like this: img_0001.XMP
Now XnView shows those files in the browser next to the images and doesnt show ratings etc. If i make a rating, it creates a seperate XMP file like this: img_0001.xmp

Renaming the XMP extension to lowercase also didn't help.

This is how my settings look like (German, sorry)

[xnview]

With 0.99.6? you have setting to export into .xmp sidecar but you would like to use embedded metadata?

[pluap]

With 0.99.6?

Yes

you have setting to export into .xmp sidecar but you would like to use embedded metadata?

No, I'd like to use the existing sidecar for metadata because they already exist

[xnview]

so you have such sidecar img_0001.XMP, and XnView create img_0001.xmp?

[pluap]

so you have such sidecar img_0001.XMP, and XnView create img_0001.xmp?

Exactly. The XMP files were created with _Aperture Exporter_

[xnview]

so perhaps it's better to have 2 other options

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name.XMP & name.ext.XMP

, or you use .xmp too?