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ExifTool => Newbies => Topic started by: haci79 on October 26, 2019, 10:39:48 AM

Title: Windows appears to see HEIC tags I can't see through ExifTool
Post by: haci79 on October 26, 2019, 10:39:48 AM
In Windows, when I look at the properties/details of HEIC format photos taken by my iPhone 8, I can see a lot of info including the camera model and image taken date, both of which I need for organizing my photos. See attached screenshot.

When I list all tags for these files in ExifTool, I don't see those tags. I just see the short list of tags pasted below. Any idea what might be going on?

exiftool -short -groupnames test.heic


[ExifTool]      ExifToolVersion                 : 10.61
[File]          FileName                        : test.heic
[File]          Directory                       : .
[File]          FileSize                        : 1341 kB
[File]          FileModifyDate                  : 2019:04:20 13:33:53-04:00
[File]          FileAccessDate                  : 2019:10:26 10:30:39-04:00
[File]          FileCreateDate                  : 2019:10:26 10:11:06-04:00
[File]          FilePermissions                 : rw-rw-rw-
[File]          FileType                        : MP4
[File]          FileTypeExtension               : mp4
[File]          MIMEType                        : video/mp4
[QuickTime]     MajorBrand                      : Unknown (heic)
[QuickTime]     MinorVersion                    : 0.0.0
[QuickTime]     CompatibleBrands                : mif1, heic
[QuickTime]     HandlerType                     : Unknown (pict)
[QuickTime]     MovieDataSize                   : 1368460
[QuickTime]     MovieDataOffset                 : 5000
Title: Re: Windows appears to see HEIC tags I can't see through ExifTool
Post by: greybeard on October 27, 2019, 05:00:24 AM
Can you attach the file?
Title: Re: Windows appears to see HEIC tags I can't see through ExifTool
Post by: olball on October 27, 2019, 06:24:11 AM
Quote from: haci79 on October 26, 2019, 10:39:48 AM
When I list all tags for these files in ExifTool, I don't see those tags. I just see the short list of tags pasted below. Any idea what might be going on?

exiftool -short -groupnames test.heic


[ExifTool]      ExifToolVersion                 : 10.61



Your exiftool version is too old. Support for HEIC images was added to later versions. Update to current version.
Title: Re: Windows appears to see HEIC tags I can't see through ExifTool
Post by: StarGeek on October 27, 2019, 11:22:39 AM
Quote from: olball on October 27, 2019, 06:24:11 AMYour exiftool version is too old. Support for HEIC images was added to later versions. Update to current version.

Good catch.  That version is over 2 years old.  And the funny thing is:
Sept. 28, 2017 - Version 10.62 (https://exiftool.org/ancient_history.html#v10.62)
    Added preliminary support for HEIC/HEIF images

So close, yet so far.