Re: Patched Fspot hanging on import

["Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen gmail com>]

On 25/08/06, Bengt Thuree <bengt thuree com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 02:13 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > I had patched Fspot with the patches for bug #342137- importing photos
> > with XMP tags. The attached photo _should_ have XMP tags (in Hebrew)
> > attached. When I try to import it Fspot hangs indefinitely. I must
> > kill it with CTRL-ALT-ESC.
> >
> > Why should Fspot hang? Can someone verify this behaviour, and possible
> > verify that the file does in fact have XMP tags? What tools can I use
> > to read the XMP data, as exiftool showed nothing even on photos that I
> > knew for certain had XMP data written by Fspot itself. Thanks in
> > advance.
>
> Hi Dotan,
>
> Sorry, I downloaded the photo, and could not find any XMP tags at all.
> Checked with strings dotan.jpg and no XMP tags were found.
>
> Importing the photo went flawless, and the relevant XMP trace output
> looks like this. Again, no XMP tags...
>
> /Bengt
>
> > Make --> >>FUJIFILM<<
> > Model --> >>FinePix2800ZOOM<<
> > Orientation --> >>1<<
> > ResolutionUnit --> >>2<<
> > YCbCrPositioning --> >>2<<
> > FNumber --> >>820/100<<
> > ShutterSpeedValue --> >>7<<
> > ApertureValue --> >>610/100<<
> > ExposureBiasValue --> >>0<<
> > MaxApertureValue --> >>3<<
> > MeteringMode --> >>5<<
> > FocalLength --> >>6<<
> > ColorSpace --> >>1<<
> > PixelXDimension --> >>1600<<
> > PixelYDimension --> >>1200<<
> > ExifVersion --> >>0210<<
> > DateTimeOriginal --> >>2003-08-20T03:50:35<<
> > DateTimeDigitized --> >>2003-08-20T03:50:35<<
> > CompressedBitsPerPixel --> >>32/10<<
> > FlashPixVersion --> >>0100<<
> > FocalPlaneXResolution --> >>3053<<
> > FocalPlaneYResolution --> >>3053<<
> > FocalPlaneResolutionUnit --> >>3<<
> > SensingMethod --> >>2<<
> > FileSource --> >>3<<
> > BrightnessValue --> >>814/100<<
> > SceneType --> >>1<<
> > ExposureProgram --> >>2<<
> > ModifyDate --> >>2003-08-20T03:50:35<<
> > CreatorTool --> >>Digital Camera FinePix2800ZOOM Ver7.00<<
> > ISOSpeedRatings --> >>100<<
> > ComponentsConfiguration --> >>1<<, >>2<<, >>3<<, >>0<<,

Thanks, Bengt, how did you do the XMP trace output? Exiftool doesn't
seem to show XMP info for photos that I _know_ have XMP info (The
beatrice photo, for instance).

Dotan Cohen
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