I'm not sure this is the correct forum for this question, but I'll give it a try anyway.

When I import photos from my Samsung Galaxy Note 5 into Jalbum, I see something odd.

On the thumbnail display, below the photo where one usually sees the photo name (IMG005.JPG, e.g.) I see what looks like a display of binary code, stuff like this:

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Double-clicking on the photo brings up a display where the same stuff is in the comment frame below the picture.

If I replace that by something else, all is well and I only see the "something else". But if I ever delete the "something else", the garbage reappears.

Where is this coming from and what to do about it?

As you suggested, I looked in the metadata and the garbage was there, in the comment field. I tried to use exiftool (on Linux) to modify the comment field, but that did not work.

Following your other suggestion, I went into Settings > Advanced > Metadata and clicked to use (turn ON) xmp as a comment source. No more problem.

I really don't know what xmp data is. I use exif data which I read in a program which renames my photos to coherent file names. Does xmp have priority over exif for Jalbum?

In any case, thanks for your help.

Edited by: joneall on 30-Oct-2017 13:20