ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library and command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.
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ffmpeg -- adding capture timestamp to.jpg/.png frames when converting from .mp4
I have a 360 video (.mp4) shot using a GoPro Fusion with embedded gps (gpmd track).
I want to break the video into frames (1 per second), either into png or jpg files, whilst preserving certain global metadata, like camera make, but most importantly…
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Using EXIFTool to create sRGB images?
I would like to ask a question about sRGB, ICC profiles, and exiftool.
I've found that you can use exiftool to embed sRGB profiles into images. Does this mean I can create a picture in Paint.NET and use exiftool to embed an sRGB ICC profile in it...…
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Exiftool: batch-write metadata to JPEGs from text file
I'd like to use ExifTool to batch-write metadata that have been previously saved in a text file.
Say I have a directory containing the following JPEG files:
001.jpg 002.jpg 003.jpg 004.jpg 005.jpg
I then create the file metadata.txt, which contains…
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PHP: Basic exiftool usage
I am trying to use exiftool (because it has all image tags vs. other tools) on a webserver. The perl module is installed in /bin/exiftool
The test.jpg is the same directory and has EXIF data.
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Use Exiftools to add a tag with spaces and special characters to an image file
When I compare a file that uploads correctly (into Mapillary) and a jpg file that fails in EXIFTOOLS I see that it doesn't have Create Date, Date/Time Original and Modify Date. There are lots of other fields as well but these are the only ones…
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php detect image orientation "without exif"?
my question is what to do to detect image orientation when exif data don't exist or don't have rotation value.
Example : photo from mobile phone
&1');
// MOBILE -> returns -> Orientation : Rotate 90…
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ExifTool | Return a list of moved files
I'm using ExifTool on my Synology NAS to automatically sort all my pictures in folders with the following pattern: Year\Month\Day\Filename.extension
After sorted my files automatically, I need to start the process synoindex to index the new files in…
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exiftool-vendored doesn't return when used in an electron app on Mac?
On Mac, when I run my app from WebStorm, exiftool-vendored works great. However, when I build my app (I use electron-builder) and install it on the same Mac, it never returns, even just trying to get the version:
exiftool.version().then(version =>…
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How to Geo-tag an image using latitude and longitude from a text file?
I have an image captured using a camera attached to a drone. The camera I used does not give me any GPS data, however my drone has an in-built GPS which I can use to get the location at which the image was captured. I save this information in a text…
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What makes some EXIF tags non-writable?
Certain EXIF tags, for example many of the QuickTime tags listed here, are non-writable by common EXIF editors.
This list of writable vs. non-writable is maintained by Phil Harvey's exiftool, but I have found similar results attempting to edit the…
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How do I update exif DateTimeOriginal based on filename?
I want to share 10K photos using Google Photos. These images were
scanned, so they don't have correct DateTimeOriginal for chronological ordering.
I need to update DateTimeOriginal to YYYY:01:01 00:00:00 to allow me to organize these within Google…
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Is there a method to write metadata to an image in PyExifTool?
I used ExifTool's '-tagsFromFile' to copy Exif metadata from a source image to a destination image from the command line. Wanted to do the same in a python script, which is when I got to know of PyExifTool. However, I didn't find any command to copy…
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Is there a way to remove only unknown tags by Imagemagick?
I see following output when I identify a TIFF file:
TIFF 3426x4378 3426x4378+0+0 1-bit Bilevel Gray 578044B 0.010u 0:00.009
identify: Unknown field with tag 32934 (0x80a6) encountered. `TIFFReadDirectory' @ warning/tiff.c/TIFFWarnings/995.
I suppose…
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Where exactly is the DPI information of an image stored (other than Exif)?
We have been using a program called Onyx RIPCenter to manage poster printing for few years now. The images were generated using Photoshop and loaded onto the Onyx application on Windows.
Recently we dedcied to automate the workflow by eliminating…
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increment duplicate file name exiftool
I have the following script that works just fine except that it can't handle duplicate file names.
How can I simply amend it so that if a picture with the same name is found it simply adds an increment at the end of the file name e.g. if file…
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