#1360 Note Duplication on Media Import

[KosherJava]

PGV separates embedded media on import to be a standalone object in the GEDCOM. in the process notes on media appear duplicated because the appear both on the indi record and the media. I believe that the note should not appear in the media record. The original GEDCOM contains the following:

------ Original GEDCOM before Import -------
1 OBJE
2 FORM jpg
2 FILE ./media/Family1917Portrait.jpg
2 TITL 1917 Family Portrait
2 NOTE ABC is the second from the left in the second row
2 _DATE 1917
2 _SCBK Y
2 _PRIM N
2 _TYPE PHOTO

After import, the indi has:

-------- indi record ------
1 OBJE @M41@
2 NOTE ABC is the second from the left in the second row
2 _PRIM N

------ Media record ------
0 @M41@ OBJE
1 FORM jpg
1 FILE ./media/Family1917Portrait.jpg
1 TITL 1917 Family Portrait
1 NOTE ABC is the second from the left in the second row
1 _DATE 1917
1 _SCBK Y
1 _PRIM N
1 _TYPE PHOTO

[KosherJava]

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This is a little worse than I originally noticed. The medi is a portrait that has many people linked. The indi note is correct, but the one on the media is of a different person, seemingly the one appearing earlier in the GEDCOM. Removing the note from the Media object will solve the issue.

[KosherJava]

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Sorry this is in dribs and drabs. The media tab always lists the first note from the Media object, and that is the note from the first occurrence of that media in the GEDCOM, followed by the correct media that is part of the indi record. The media list also displays this note from the first person.

[Wes Groleau]

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I would think the nature of the note should determine
which record it belongs to. Something that software
cannot reliably determine.

[Mark Hattam]

If you've added the NOTE to the OBJE, then the NOTE should stay with it .. otherwise you'd have inserted it elsewhere to start with ... and it goes with the media as displayed by that INDI or FAM. A different note might apply if the media is used elsewhere.

This is still a bug with (Nov 2009 current PGV 4.2.2's importing of GEDCOM. I hadn't looked this far back when I reported it as bug 2894843 .