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rockrider69

Hi !

from V20, the field "$INFO[EXIFComment]" which I have been using since Leia as a personal tag in Slideshow.xml labels is now showing empty.

Double checking the pictures with exiftool, the tag UserComment is still correctly documented of course, just not properly reported in Slideshow.

Strange enough if I try "$INFO[SlideComment]" instead, which according to the documentation should be the same as EXIFComment, it give me a weird string like "Lavc.59...". So obviously not empty, but not equal either to the EXIFComment.

All was fine up to Matrix as well.

My addition to Slideshow.xml if ever usefull :

       
       <control type="label">
           <description>Commentaire et Date PP</description>
           <posx>20</posx>
           <posy>60r</posy>
           <width>1880</width>
           <height>50</height>
           <align>center</align>
           <aligny>center</aligny>
           <font>font45_title</font>
           <textcolor>orange</textcolor>
           <label>$INFO[Slideshow.EXIFDescription] - $INFO[Slideshow.EXIFComment]</label>
<animation effect="fade" time="1000">WindowOpen</animation>
<animation effect="fade" time="1000">WindowClose</animation>
       </control>
       

Thanks for helping !

Buschel · 2023-06-28, 00:05

Could be connected to this issue as well: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=373390

rockrider69 · 2023-06-28, 21:33

(2023-06-28, 00:05)Buschel Wrote: Could be connected to this issue as well: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=373390

Yes this looks very much the same issue as your reported. I could easily reproduce my problem with field EXIFComment using your JSON call proposal.

So I did not create a new issue but added a comment on yours.
Hope this is OK and we see a solution soon, because right now it is a big drawback with Nexus and Pictures Confused

djtn · 2023-10-29, 16:48

still a problem with 20.2

Buschel · 2023-11-01, 18:36

You can register to https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/23360 to see, if and when this is fixed. Until now it was not assigned to a developer.

**enen92** · 2023-12-29, 16:23

Should be fixed by https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/24344. It has also been backported to Nexus so if a new minor release comes around it should have it included.

rockrider69 · 2024-01-11, 15:09

Hello !
some more reading Wink

Good news is that @enen92 has started working on a complete revamping of picture metadata management. Many thanks to him !
24109 (PR)
As far as I read it, the target is V22 "P..",

but a short-term fix on V21 Omega has also been discussed and delivered I believe.
24344 (PR)

For V20 Nexus, not much to hope as I think it is soon closed...

Buschel · 2024-01-11, 15:51

The fix was backported and is included in 20.3. Would be good, if you could double check the fix works on your end.

rockrider69 · 2024-01-11, 16:10

(2024-01-11, 15:51)Buschel Wrote: The fix was backported and is included in 20.3. Would be good, if you could double check the fix works on your end.

I'll do that for sure and come back !
I will need to install 20.3 somewhere first.

and sorry I have spammed you with my previous message I totally missed @enen92 post from late december Confused

rockrider69 · 2024-01-11, 18:58

Very quick installation of 20.3 on Windows and I confim that EXIFDescription and EXIFUserComment, which I was especially focusing on, are now showing ok in Exif infos !
Thanks a lot to all of you involved in the fix, highly appreciated Big Grin