Good morning,
I have a tif containing a radiographic (x-ray) image with associated metadata that was created by the x-ray capture software.
Using the Python exifread library, I can see that there is a tag called 0xFE68 that contains what looks to be a JSON-formatted string.
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I'd like to replace the exifread library with exiftool, but I'm having trouble getting the full JSON-formatted string out of exiftool.
I've tried various versions of stuff I've found about getting at unknown tag data, but have yet to get the full string.
exiftool -u -exif_0xfe68 "radiograph.tif" > "H:\DATA\Laptop Xrays\xfe68.json" yields Exif 0xfe68 : {"IsFavorite":false,"BackupFile":"","Setup":{"Type":"XT[...]
I've also tried -u -ee -exif_0xfe68-u -ee3 -exif_0xfe68and even -U -G3:1 -api requestall=3 -api largefilesupport -exif_0xfe68 but have yet to stumble upon the magic combination of switches that will give me the whole string.
Your first try was very close. All you needed to do was set the LimitLongValues (https://exiftool.org/ExifTool.html#LimitLongValues) option: -api limitlongvalues=0
Also, you should add -s3 if you want to redirect the output to a JSON-format file.
- Phil
Perfect! Thanks!
Quote from: Phil Harvey on March 20, 2025, 09:33:39 AMYour first try was very close. All you needed to do was set the LimitLongValues (https://exiftool.org/ExifTool.html#LimitLongValues) option: -api limitlongvalues=0
Also, you should add -s3 if you want to redirect the output to a JSON-format file.
Would the
-b (
-binary) option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#b---b--binary---binary) also have worked? Without need of the
-api option?
Quote from: StarGeek on March 20, 2025, 10:47:08 AMWould the -b (-binary) option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#b---b--binary---binary) also have worked? Without need of the -api option?
Good point. That would have been simpler. :) ...
TIMTOWTDI- Phil