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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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Recursively appending names of all files in a directory with exif specific png meta data field (aesthetic_score) with linux / EXIFtool

I am trying to rename all files located in a directory (recursively) with a specific meta data field appended to the end of the png file name. the meta data field name is "aesthetic_score" with a value range from 1.0-9.0 when I type: exiftool…
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Video metadata cannot be edited

I have an MP4 video that I recorded on my iPhone through whatsapp. While I was copying it to my computer I noticed that the metadata was wrong, so I tried to edit it through ExifTool. Unfortunately, I have been unable to do so, as when trying to…
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exiftool: how to get mp3 tag value without key?

I can read my mp3's Title metadata with: $ exiftool -Title 1.mp3 Title : Foo But how to get Foo only ?
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How Can I Change Mime Type In the Metadata on File

I want to change the "MIME Type" in the file: └──╼ $exiftool realshort.mp4 ExifTool Version Number : 12.10 File Name : realshort.mp4 Directory : . File Size : 98 kB File…
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I like to cut my images' IPTC core Title to a certain number

I like to cut my images' IPTC core Title, Description, Headline characters at to a certain number. So for example if an image has 300 characters, I would like to cut it at 195 characters to be 195 character long. It would be great if it would cut it…
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How to parse this JSON file in Python?

I have a very simple task - I have a list of image and video files and I'll like to tabulate the creation date for each using the available EXIF data. I'm using pyexiftool for the actual data extraction. I can pull the data out without a problem,…
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using npm exiftool (javascript) async problem

I'm having trouble using npm exiftool. (https://www.npmjs.com/package/exiftool) I'm trying to do some stuffs using that. Iterate images files through specific folder Get 'xpKeywords' data of each image files. Write file storing data. Here's my…
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Writing an UTF8 encoded IPTC tag using exiftool

I am calling Exiftool from my C# app via MedallionShell (console), using UTF8 encoding and I need to write an IPTC field to an image so that it is internally UTF8 encoded. However, the string is always stored as an 8-bit Latin2 string in the…
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Adding Latitude-Longitude ( from a file ) to 4000 images using exiftool

I have 4000 .jpeg image files to which I want to add Latitude & Longitude using exiftool. I have a text file having : First Column = Image filenames serial-wise from 1 to 4000 Second Column = Latitude Third Column = Longitude How do I add…
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How to use ExifTool in a batch file?

ExifTool is a free and open-source software program for reading, writing, and manipulating image, audio, video, and PDF metadata. It has one problematic feature, after it finishes it stops and tells you to 'press RETURN' to continue which is a game…
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Resize image preserving exif data: focal length etc

What converter(like imagemagick) can be used to convert images with exif data preserving it? What if I downscale images 4 times? Should I also change the focal length? Data I have extracted from my JPG photo with exiftool Focal Length …
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exifprobe: An iPhone sent an image it just took to another iPhone. Can the received image be mined for GPS data with exifprobe?

Here is my new idea. Someone stole my iPhone, but they are apparently still using it because they called me a couple days later after having it be stolen. Can I convince the thief to send me a photo and get his coordinates from the metadata by using…
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ExifTool - escape character

ExifTool is a scripting program (cmd and GUI) that uses custom metalanguage with its own syntax and commands. There are tens of questions about ExifTool on this site already, with valid answers. Thus, the question, just like the others about that…
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Negative lookahead not working with SourceFile

I am trying to edit some files using regular expressions. sed seemed too limited so I switched to Perl. There might be something wrong in my syntax. The regex pattern works in TextMate. Nothing happens when I use Perl. I want to remove all lines not…
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How to read/write metadata? C++

im writing a backup tool with c++. everything works fine. the result text file looks like this: pathOfTheSourceFile : pathOfTheDestinationFile pathOfTheSourceFile : pathOfTheDestinationFile ... Now I need a Exiftool (or If you recommend some other…
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