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ExifTool => Newbies => Topic started by: dipmach on January 06, 2016, 03:52:14 AM

Title: Copy Makernotes to EXIF?
Post by: dipmach on January 06, 2016, 03:52:14 AM
Hey guys,
I'm new to this metadata stuff, so this may be a question with an obvious answer, but please bear with me.
I have over 10000 photos from 2000 onwards that have Makernotes data like in the attached screenshot. Is there a way to copy this data to EXIF?
I want to use another tool to take the EXIF data and make a neat folder tree out of it, while preserving the data in the Makernotes. Thanks!
Title: Re: Copy Makernotes to EXIF?
Post by: dipmach on January 06, 2016, 05:45:37 AM
I kinda figured out what I wanted to do, and got it working on one file:
exiftool -tagsfromfile ts.jpg "-filemodifydate<datetimeoriginal" ts.jpg

I don't need to mess with the other metadata, just need the datetime made available to Windows essentially. How would I make this work recursively with directories and multiple files?
Title: Re: Copy Makernotes to EXIF?
Post by: Phil Harvey on January 06, 2016, 08:20:07 AM
To make your command work recursively, do this:

exiftool "-filemodifydate<datetimeoriginal" -r DIR

- Phil