@StarGeek - This is one of the sub-points I included in my monolithic post a little while ago (think at the time you weren't sure) so thought I would split it out as a separate question to...
(a) get a definitive answer please, and/or...
(b) check with Phil (or anyone else) if they know how this can be done
CONTEXT: An issue that is causing repeated headaches for me (albeit admittedly because of my own processes/scripts) is EXIFTool error-ing because the CSV I am trying to import contains some additional columns [used for reference data / other apps] that aren't tag names.
QUESTION: Is there an option to tell EXIFTool essentially "ignore any columns that are not recognised, skip these and process the rest of the file/columns"?
In the interim, I have been manually creating duplicate CSVs with these reference columns removed, but this is a little irksome.
Thanks in advance!
- Martin
What error are you having with this? I just created a csv file with three actual tag names and three non-tag names. Exiftool loaded and set the tag changes and ignored the other columns
C:\>exiftool -G1 -a -s -offsettime* y:\!temp\Test4.jpg
[ExifIFD] OffsetTime : -05:00
[ExifIFD] OffsetTimeOriginal : -05:00
[ExifIFD] OffsetTimeDigitized : -05:00
C:\>type test.csv
SourceFile,ExifIFD:OffsetTime,ExifIFD:OffsetTimeOriginal,ExifIFD:OffsetTimeDigitized,column1,column2,column3
y:/!temp/Test4.jpg,+04:00,+04:00,+04:00,123,456,789
C:\>exiftool -P -overwrite_original -csv=test.csv y:\!temp\Test4.jpg
1 image files updated
C:\Programs\My_Stuff>exiftool -G1 -a -s -e --file:all y:\!temp\Test4.jpg
[ExifTool] ExifToolVersion : 12.62
[IFD0] XResolution : 72
[IFD0] YResolution : 72
[IFD0] ResolutionUnit : inches
[IFD0] YCbCrPositioning : Centered
[ExifIFD] ExifVersion : 0232
[ExifIFD] OffsetTime : +04:00
[ExifIFD] OffsetTimeOriginal : +04:00
[ExifIFD] OffsetTimeDigitized : +04:00
[ExifIFD] ComponentsConfiguration : Y, Cb, Cr, -
[ExifIFD] FlashpixVersion : 0100
[ExifIFD] ColorSpace : Uncalibrated
[XMP-x] XMPToolkit : Image::ExifTool 12.62
[XMP-exif] DateTimeDigitized : 2023:04:13 10:42:25+03:00