Questions tagged [exiftool]

ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library and command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.

Homepage: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

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Run exiftool across all file types

I am using exiftool to recursively search across directories containing hundreds of files. At present, it is returning the results to a .csv file. Manually comparing my results, there are some files within the target directory that do not have a…
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Distinguish between transparency and extra alpha channels?

I am sorry in advance if I am not explaining my question really well. I am not 100% aware of the stuff I am asking. Lets say that I have some CMYK tiff files. Is there a way that I can distinguish the difference between transparency and extra alpha…
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Removing Apache2 Image Metadata Realtime

I know there's many ways to remove image metadata on files. Is there any Apache2 module or similar that can remove image metadata on the fly as it's streaming image data to the browser? I'm wondering if there is any module that exists remove exif…
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Burst, Time-Lapse Photo SD-Card File Differences | Import Script | GoPro

i want to write a custom import script to import my files from the sd-card. I found the File Naming Conventions. Thats helps a lot, but i can't find any difference between Burst Photos and Time-Lapse Photos. I try to find any difference with…
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Automatically renames files with correct file extention in bulk

I have a folder with multiple types of file ( mp4, mp4, jpg, wma .etc) and these files have either have no extension, or all messed up extensions extension such as mp3.mp3, mp3.jpg, or just file name. I was reading that exiftool or even python…
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.bat to move files with specific exiftool color profile output

I have a simple .bat script that will output the color profile of jpgs via exiftool: IF EXIST C:\Users\%Username%\Desktop\Color_Check_v1.4.5\_Upload\*.jpg for /f "delims=" %%a in…
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Howto find specifc metadata content and delete it from pictures?

I try to find a specific metadata content like "Odeon" in my *.jpg files with the help of exiftool.exe and then delete this specific tag from the file. I can't find "Odeon" with the command exiftool -if "$keywords =~ /Odeon/" . I know it's there,…
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Is it possible to get Hdfs image/video file metadata using Exiftool

exiftool image.jpg Gives me metadata of image file on linux. I am trying to fetch HDFS image file metadata like exiftool hdfs://10.253.11.10:8020/tmp/user/vid2.avi. But getting error like File not found:. How to read metadata of HDFS file?
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Exiftool create several JSon files from just one directory

Does anybody know how I could get several JSon files by executing exiftool just once? I could generate one JSon file from my directory, with all metadata from files inside this folder, but I want to get one for each file. I want also to put all the…
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Strip out spaces in EXIF file (.txt file) with Python

I have .txt files (one per image) that is formatted as can be seen below. I cannot figure out how to extract the information, without spaces, I am interested in. ExifTool Version Number : 10.20 File Name :…
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how to use exiftool with cygwin basic startup

ok here is the situation. I'm a complete newbie at all this and have no idea what is going on. Currently I have a race website with thousands of photos and each time I basically upload via FTP to a temporary folder and use Cygwin with exiftool (I…
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system() command in R - Error running exiftool

I am trying to run exiftool through R to get metadata from photos using the system() command. When I run this on a mac, it works fine, but from windows I am not linking up with the cmd.exe properly and getting the following error from this code: …
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Extracting exif info from JPEG

I'm trying to extract an xml blob in the header data from an image with the following code (a real stab in the dark): import exifread Open image file for reading (binary mode) open('img.jpg', 'rb') tags = exifread.process_file(f) for tag in…
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Extract dates exif of images at c++ in variables

I need optimize this code. Currently, this code works. I can extract the datetimeoriginal tag in a file using the extern tool "exiftool". But this is too slow when this process is repeated. is there a way the extract this information in variables…
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C# cmd - Invalid expression term, )expected Exiftool

I'm Re-Creating the "command prompt" into a Windows Form. The application is not working properly; and i can't find error. exiftool photo_file.jpg |find "Shutter Count" That's command working properly in command prompt. Any idea what i am missing…