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ExifTool => Newbies => Topic started by: Jossie on October 31, 2021, 09:36:06 AM

Title: Help needed understanding error message
Post by: Jossie on October 31, 2021, 09:36:06 AM
Hello,

I have a collection of prints I scanned with my CanoScan and produced JPGs. I wanted to document them using EXIFtool GUI. But I do get an error message:

Error: Can't read ExifIFD data - Abzug_0017.jpg

If I load the image into PhotoShop and edit the metadata there, it works fine.

What is the reason for this error message? Is there a way to repair this?

Hermann-Josef
Title: Re: Help needed understanding error message
Post by: StarGeek on October 31, 2021, 10:38:45 AM
Odds are that the EXIF data is corrupted.  You can try the second command in FAQ #20 (https://exiftool.org/faq.html#Q20), which only rewrites the EXIF data, but some of the metadata may be lost.
Title: Re: Help needed understanding error message
Post by: Jossie on November 01, 2021, 04:46:18 AM
Great!  Repairing the metadata helped.

Many thanks and best wishes

Hermann-Josef
Title: Re: Help needed understanding error message
Post by: Phil Harvey on November 01, 2021, 07:19:53 AM
You can look at this with the -htmlDump feature if you want to see exactly what is happening.

- Phil