Feature Request: Option to display caption information

[wesf99]

Is there an option to show the IPTC Description/Caption information while playing the slideshow. If not, could it be added please.

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[mvysny]

Unfortunately PhotoCloud only support the EXIF metadata at the moment. However, there is a Java library for reading and writing IPTC metadata, so perhaps it would be possible to add support for this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3851665/java-library-for-reading-and-writing-iptc-metadata-to-jpeg-and-tiff

Can you please attach a photo which contains the IPTC information to this ticket, so that I have a proper image for testing purposes?

[wesf99]

Sounds promising. See attached photo and Screen print of a windows program, ExifPro 2.1, showing the same data. Wes

From: Martin Vysny @.> Sent: Monday, 17 May 2021 3:09 PM To: mvysny/photocloud-frame-slideshow @.> Cc: wesf99 @.>; Author @.> Subject: Re: [mvysny/photocloud-frame-slideshow] Feature Request: Option to display caption information (#157)

Unfortunately PhotoCloud only support the EXIF metadata at the moment. However, there is a Java library for reading and writing IPTC metadata, so perhaps it would be possible to add support for this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3851665/java-library-for-reading-and-writing-iptc-metadata-to-jpeg-and-tiff

Can you please attach a photo which contains the IPTC information to this ticket, so that I have a proper image for testing purposes?

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[mvysny]

Sorry, the photo doesn't seem to be attached. Probably you need to attach it via the GitHub's web interface.

[wesf99]

I'll try again. Sounds promising. See attached photo and Screen print of a windows program, ExifPro 2.1, showing the same data. Wes

[wesf99]

Opps I inadvertently closed the issue

[wesf99]

Did you get the photo and screen shot through github? Wes

From: Martin Vysny @.> Sent: Monday, 17 May 2021 3:09 PM To: mvysny/photocloud-frame-slideshow @.> Cc: wesf99 @.>; Author @.> Subject: Re: [mvysny/photocloud-frame-slideshow] Feature Request: Option to display caption information (#157)

Unfortunately PhotoCloud only support the EXIF metadata at the moment. However, there is a Java library for reading and writing IPTC metadata, so perhaps it would be possible to add support for this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3851665/java-library-for-reading-and-writing-iptc-metadata-to-jpeg-and-tiff

Can you please attach a photo which contains the IPTC information to this ticket, so that I have a proper image for testing purposes?

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[mvysny]

Yes, thank you. I was able to read the IPTC data on my computer as follows:

118460588-6cb3ca00-b72f-11eb-827c-57cccba5c706.jpg:
 Tag      Name                 Type      Size  Value
 -------- -------------------- --------- ----  -----
 1:090    Coded Character Set  Binary       3  1b 25 47
 2:000    Record Version       Short        2  4
 2:005    Object Name          String      27  Grandmother Lunn nee Powell
 2:055    Date Created         Date         8  18900402
 2:060    Time Created         Time         6  123025
Mother of Ethel Fielding,  Grandmother of Olive, Reg, Jack, Kenneth, Desmond and Connie Fieiding

I'll try to implement a support for IPTC into PhotoCloud :+1:

[wesf99]

I was just wondering if you were able to get the caption feauture working?

[mvysny]

Sorry I had no time to work on this, but hopefully this week