Hi - I am suffering from the above issue - see attachment. I’m on Windows 11, Digikam 9.1.0
I followed the instructions on this link: Corrupt text on thumbnails after import - #5 by ansluk - digiKam - discuss.pixls.us which are:
This issue has been resolved in the pre-release digiKam-8.8.0 version. The string is interpreted from the Exif comment, which is empty. Due to Exiv2 bugs, we now decode the Exif comment ourselves; this was unfortunately a bug in our functionality. You can disable reading of the Exif comment in the advanced metadata or use the pre-release version; in this case, rereading the metadata will be necessary.
I used the re-reading of metadata approach and whilst it removes the boxes, it also removes any Ratings assigned to the images (and maybe some other things I haven’t noticed)
Any suggestions please?