Face tag list

[vernbeau]

I ran TagThatPhoto on 40,000+ photos and now have a .txt list of the names
of all the faces. Is there a way to provide that as input to XnView? I tried to
copy to .../appdata/roaming/xnviewmp/tagface_history.ini but that did not work.
The file appears to be more of an output than input.

[Franky]

If you have tagged the images and then placed this info in an XMP, XnViewMP knows how to import them.
To do this, you must have checked in the parameters/metada/import face tag xmp

[vernbeau]

I did have that option checked.

[Franky]

And have you updated the catalog with this files?

[vernbeau]

I have about 80 folders. Is there a way to select them all to run the update on?

[Franky]

In folder panel, you select your disk and with right click "show all files".
CTRL +A, for selected all files and menu/view "update catalog from files"

[vernbeau]

Thanks Franky. That did reload the catalog from all the files.
Unfortunately, the choice list for face names was not updated.
When entering a name in the Face Tag screen, it doesn't auto fill the list when typing.
For example, If I type in Mike, it doesn't show the 5 different Mike names that are in my photo regions.

[michel038]

Perhaps try to restart XnViewMP to update face tags count ?

[vernbeau]

Thanks for the suggestion. Tried a full reboot, didn't help.

[michel038]

After rereading I understand better, but your 1st message was clear ... (The need to restart XnViewMP concerns only the people count in the catalog filter)

I edited the tagface_history.ini file myself, added a lot of persons, and it works fine...
The format of this file is a list, one name per line.
To be sure of the location of this file (the right one that is used) , look in Settings > Intergration > Paths

[vernbeau]

Thanks Michel,
Yes, I did put the file in the correct location as per the original post.
When I ran it the first time, the names appeared exactly as I had expected.
I then added a new face region, saved it, and exited XnView.
At that point, the tagface_history.ini file had the new name added to the top of the list,
but only the first 46 lines of the original 583 face names remained.
The remainder had been truncated/deleted.

-Vern

[michel038]

Right, I hadn't noticed that this file was truncated at around 50 lines.