Good evening,
the args-file which come with the implementation work fine (e.g. xmp2exif.args). However, if I write my own file (e.g. the example from the GUI documentation typed into Notepad, or just a single line like "-EXIF:all < XMP:all") I get the log-file box showing me all the tags in my file like the following:
======== ./Test_ohne_Metadaten.jpg
ExifTool Version Number : 9.14
File Name : Test_ohne_Metadaten.jpg
Directory : .
File Size : 36 kB
File Modification Date/Time : 2013:01:29 15:51:46+01:00
File Access Date/Time : 2013:01:29 15:51:46+01:00
...
Rating : 0
Image Width : 648
Image Height : 460
Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample : 8
Color Components : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)
Image Size : 648x460
1 image files read
3 files could not be read
File not found: ÿþ-
<-END-
I have no idea what is going wrong with my own files. What is meant by "File not found:" ? It gives me the header information from the correct jpg-file. So it cannot be the input file. If I use e.g. xmp2exif.args from the installation, it works. So also the args-file is obviously found...
Please note also that 3 files are claimed unreadable, although only a single file was marked.
Any hint would be highly appreciated.
Best wishes
Hermann-Josef
Hi Hermann,
If you had attached the argfile I would have known for sure, but I'm guessing that the editor you used for the argfile didn't create a plain text file. Either that or your argfile format is incorrect somehow.
- Phil
Hi Phil,
thanks for the extremely fast reply!
Here is my test file - very simple, just the example from the GUI-documentation.
Best regards
Hermann-Josef
Hi Hermann,
My guess was correct. This file is not plain text, but is encoded as UCS-2 (or UTF-16).
You need to use either ASCII or UTF-8 encoding for the argfile.
Also, you shouldn't use quotes in the argfile as you have done.
- Phil
Hello Phil,
well, now I used Notepad from scratch and it works --- with and without the quotes.
I had opened the args-file which came with the installation with "Windows Write", changed them and saved them as txt. Obviously this was the problem.
If I open Notepad and insert the content from the args-file via the clipboard into a new file and save it, then it works.
Many thanks for pointing this feature out to me. It will save me quite some work.
Best regards
Hermann-Josef
Hallo "Jossie" - Hermann-Josef,
ich habe den Dialog gesehen. Vielleicht ist es interessant, auch die Abhandlung im LINK zu lesen, die sich in Deutsch mit dem Thema der ARGUMENTE-Datei befasst.
Und hier für unsere internationalen Freunde:
I read this dialogue. Possibly, you are interested on the report about ARGUMENTE-files in German language under the Link
http://www.bsw-foto.de/downloads/downloads/exiftoolGUI-mit-ARGUMENT-Dateien.pdf (http://www.bsw-foto.de/downloads/downloads/exiftoolGUI-mit-ARGUMENT-Dateien.pdf)
scharott