Hello,
I need to read some information from tags only visible with the ExtractEmbedded option (-ee flag) but it reads metadata per frame when run against a video file. This can produce an insanely long output depending on the length of the video however what I really care about is metadata from the very first frame.
Is there a way to limit the number of frames (or duration) of which exiftool will extract the embedded tags?
Add --a after -ee in your command.
- Phil
Takes equally long to spit out the result, but once it does, it's significantly shorter and in the end exactly what I need.
Thanks Phil!
Yes, --a doesn't stop ExifTool from doing any processing. It just affects the output.
- Phil