[darktable-user] Reading old .dt files

Hi everyone: Looking at some of my older pictures, I found a bunch of files that were processed with an ancient version of Darktable, which produced .dt sidecars instead of .xmp. As far as I can see, though, recent versions of Darktable will just ignore these files and create fresh .xmp's for imag

Re: [darktable-user] Reading old .dt files

On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 01:36:34 +0100 Martín Soto wrote: > Hi everyone: > > Looking at some of my older pictures, I found a bunch of files that were > processed with an ancient version of Darktable, which produced .dt sidecars > instead of .xmp. As far as I can see, though, recent versions of Darkt

Re: [darktable-user] Reading old .dt files

hi, please don't rename these files.. they are ancient to an extent that i forgot what the format was. there was once a version of dt that could read both files, so i guess there's hope. i don't think you can reasonably read these files nowadays, but the way to do it would probably be a standalone

Re: [darktable-user] Reading old .dt files

Hi Johannes, thankfully, your commit link put me on the right track. I had to choose between manually redoing 520 pictures, or writing a script to parse and convert the format, and decided to do the second as it appeared to be more fun. It was! If anyone is interested, please find the Python scri

Re: [darktable-user] Reading old .dt files

Hi Guys, A side question closely related to this subject. If the .XMP files evolve in the future (this is expected) - what is the best approach for a user to make sure historical images are still readable by DT (in the future)? I understand if the user always keeps up with upgrades this shou

Re: [darktable-user] Reading old .dt files

hi, we are usually very concerned about keeping backward compatibility if at all possible. we were just discussing in IRC how to bring back support for these .dt files. back then i don't think many people used dt at all, and in fact this is the first time this issue comes up. i'd consider it a mor

Re: [darktable-user] Reading old .dt files

hi Martín, hah, very cool, that was fast! thanks for posting the python, might be useful for more people! but yeah, let's see if we can merge something similar to this back into dt proper.. cheers, jo On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 7:14 AM, Martín Soto wrote: > Hi Johannes, > > thankfully, your comm