I have some files from which i removed the metadata and extracted it in YML file using exiftool. Now i want to attach those files again to same files. I tried EXIV2 but its not working. Is there any tool or specific command to make it work. Thanks in advance.
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I've seen a few YML to JSON converters online. If it's only a few files, then you could convert the YML files to JSON, and then then import the data with
ExifTool -Json=/path/to/JSON_File /path/to/target/file
Though I now see that you have a video tag on this and ExifTool only has limited support for video files.

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I am getting this error: `No SourceFile entries in '/Users/l375h4ck/Desktop/test1.json' No SourceFile '/Users/l375h4ck/Desktop/Screen Shot 2015-04-10 at 3.52.33 PM.png' in imported JSON database (full path: '/Users/l375h4ck/Desktop/Screen Shot 2015-04-10 at 3.52.33 PM.png')` – Shilpi Agrawal Apr 12 '15 at 18:26
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It appears that ExifTool needs a sourcefile entry. Sorry about that, it's not an aspect of ExifTool that I've worked with yet. In the json file, you could add something like `"SourceFile": "/Users/l375h4ck/Desktop/Screen Shot 2015-04-10 at 3.52.33 PM.png"` and see if that works. – StarGeek Apr 12 '15 at 22:16
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Hmmm... Is `/Users/l375h4ck/Desktop/Screen Shot 2015-04-10 at 3.52.33 PM.png` the proper path to the file? Rereading the error message seems to indicate that ExifTool can't find the file. You might also try posting over at the [ExifTool forums](http://u88.n24.queensu.ca/exiftool/forum/index.php). The author is very active with helping people with the program. – StarGeek Apr 13 '15 at 05:17