https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450261

            Bug ID: 450261
           Summary: Digikam searches for sidecar files even though reading
                    them is disabled
           Product: digikam
           Version: 7.5.0
          Platform: Microsoft Windows
                OS: Microsoft Windows
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Metadata-Sidecar
          Assignee: digikam-bugs-n...@kde.org
          Reporter: tahar...@gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

I was debugging my PC's samba connections with Wireshark, when I started seeing
constant xmp file access errors. I have never used sidecar files, but in any
case I made sure that the read/write options on Digikam aboyt sidecar files
were disabled

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Make sure that read/write sidecar files are disabled
2. Select any image in your library
3. Use any tool to see digikam file access. Observed for first time with
wireshark
4. Digikam try to access to the xmp file sidecar (1.jpg, search for 1.xmp and
1.jpg.xmp in the same folder). 


OBSERVED RESULT

Digikam try to find for each selected image, the sidecar xmp. even when the use
of sidecar files is disabled. This is an avoidable waste of resources
especially when the photos are being accessed remotely, for example via SMB


EXPECTED RESULT

Since the use of sidecar files is disabled, Digikam should never attempt to
access sidecar files. It's not really a big problem, especially when we work
with local files, but in remote files, where we usually have lower performance
and higher latency, any improvement is welcome. 


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:  11

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