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#1
Other Discussion / Re: thankyou for Exiftool & it...
Last post by Phil Harvey - May 22, 2025, 09:55:55 PMSorry. My mistake.
I've restored the post with the hyperlinks.
- Phil
I've restored the post with the hyperlinks.
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#2
The Image::ExifTool API / Re: Apparent failure to write
Last post by Phil Harvey - May 22, 2025, 09:44:23 PMAside from a problem with the balancing of braces in your script, I don't see anything wrong. I had to modify things somewhat to be able to run this, but this seems to work as expected:
Here is the script I used (called "ttt"):
And here is the result:
This is the result I expected (the "test1" and "test2" regions in the list were replaced by the new region.
- Phil
Here is the script I used (called "ttt"):
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Image::ExifTool;
my $exifTool = Image::ExifTool->new;
my @oldRegionName = qw(test1 test2);
my @regionName = ('new');
# clear all current fields in region
for my $i (0 .. $#oldRegionName)
{
my ($success, $errStr) = $exifTool->SetNewValue('XMP-mwg-rs:RegionList' => {
'Name' => $oldRegionName[$i],
},
DelValue => 1);
}
# now repopulate region fields
for my $i (0 .. $#regionName)
{
my ($success, $errStr) = $exifTool->SetNewValue('XMP-mwg-rs:RegionList' => {
'Name' => $regionName[$i],
'Type' => 'Face',
'Area' => {
'H' => 1,
'Unit' => "normalized",
'W' => 2,
'X' => 3,
'Y' => 4,
}
},
AddValue => 1);
}
$exifTool->Options(Verbose => 3);
$exifTool->WriteInfo('a.xmp');And here is the result:
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> rm a.xmp
> exiftool a.xmp -regionlist='{name=test1,type=pet}' -regionlist='{name=test2,type=pet}' -regionlist="{name=test3,type=pet}"
1 image files created
> exiftool a.xmp -struct -xmp:all
XMP Toolkit : Image::ExifTool 13.30
Region Info : {RegionList=[{Name=test1,Type=Pet},{Name=test2,Type=Pet},{Name=test3,Type=Pet}]}
> ./ttt
Rewriting a.xmp...
FileType = XMP
FileTypeExtension = XMP
MIMEType = application/rdf+xml
- XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 10/mwg-rs:Name = 'test1'
- XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 10/mwg-rs:Type = 'Pet'
- XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 11/mwg-rs:Name = 'test2'
- XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 11/mwg-rs:Type = 'Pet'
+ XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 10/mwg-rs:Area/stArea:h = '1'
+ XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 10/mwg-rs:Area/stArea:unit = 'normalized'
+ XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 10/mwg-rs:Area/stArea:w = '2'
+ XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 10/mwg-rs:Area/stArea:x = '3'
+ XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 10/mwg-rs:Area/stArea:y = '4'
+ XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 10/mwg-rs:Name = 'new'
+ XMP-mwg-rs:Regions/mwg-rs:RegionList/rdf:Bag/rdf:li 10/mwg-rs:Type = 'Face'
> exiftool a.xmp -struct -xmp:all
XMP Toolkit : Image::ExifTool 13.30
Region Info : {RegionList=[{Area={H=1,Unit=normalized,W=2,X=3,Y=4},Name=new,Type=Face},{Name=test3,Type=Pet}]}This is the result I expected (the "test1" and "test2" regions in the list were replaced by the new region.
- Phil
#3
The Image::ExifTool API / Apparent failure to write
Last post by Tom Cunningham - May 22, 2025, 06:20:03 PMThis has me completely flummoxed. It harkens back to this thread but with a twist. I have this code:
In previous code I've removed one element from the region arrays (a duplicate face tag). So with the first for loop I (presumably) clear all the existing fields in the region arrays (4 elements). Then in the second for loop I repopulate the region arrays, this time with only 3 elements. After some subsequent operations not involving the regions, I perform an $exifTool->WriteInfo($fn), where $fn is the filename. After that I check the file with exiftool and there are still 4 elements in the region arrays. It's as if the write didn't happen. What the heck am I missing here? Thanks.
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# clear all current fields in region
for my $i (0 .. $#oldRegionName)
{
($success, $errStr) = $exifTool->SetNewValue('XMP-mwg-rs:RegionList' => {
'Name' => $oldRegionName[$i],
},
DelValue => 1) || errExit($file, __LINE__, $errStr);
}
# now repopulate region fields
for my $i (0 .. $#regionName)
{
($success, $errStr) = $exifTool->SetNewValue('XMP-mwg-rs:RegionList' => {
'Name' => $regionName[$i],
'Type' => $regionType[$i],
'Area' => {
'H' => $regionAreaH[$i],
'Unit' => "normalized",
'W' => $regionAreaW[$i],
'X' => $regionAreaX[$i],
'Y' => $regionAreaY[$i]
}
},
AddValue => 1) ||
errExit($file, __LINE__, $errStr);
}
}
In previous code I've removed one element from the region arrays (a duplicate face tag). So with the first for loop I (presumably) clear all the existing fields in the region arrays (4 elements). Then in the second for loop I repopulate the region arrays, this time with only 3 elements. After some subsequent operations not involving the regions, I perform an $exifTool->WriteInfo($fn), where $fn is the filename. After that I check the file with exiftool and there are still 4 elements in the region arrays. It's as if the write didn't happen. What the heck am I missing here? Thanks.
#4
Other Discussion / Re: thankyou for Exiftool & it...
Last post by Luck - May 22, 2025, 05:13:05 PMHello Phil,
Please do remove the post, and I will delete this account. I had looked for another way to contact you to share my music, as I was quite grateful for Exiftool in releasing it, but only found this. I'm a big fan of open sourced ideas, thank you for your efforts.
Nice chatting with you.
I do look forward to a day when we can all be less suspicious of one another again.
Please do remove the post, and I will delete this account. I had looked for another way to contact you to share my music, as I was quite grateful for Exiftool in releasing it, but only found this. I'm a big fan of open sourced ideas, thank you for your efforts.
Nice chatting with you.
I do look forward to a day when we can all be less suspicious of one another again.
#5
Metadata / Re: FujiFilm X-HF1 (aka FujiFi...
Last post by Phil Harvey - May 22, 2025, 11:15:14 AMGreat, thanks. I'll add this new value.
- Phil
- Phil
#6
Bug Reports / Feature Requests / Re: Inconsistent warnings abou...
Last post by Phil Harvey - May 22, 2025, 10:57:36 AMVersion 13.30 will include a patch to remove the warning for undefined tags in a -if condition.
The reason for this warning was to inform the user that the -m option could be used to set the undefined values to an empty string, but as you point out the warning was emitted inconsistently, and I can't see a better way to fix this, so the user will just have to be aware of this feature. (It is mentioned in the -m option documentation.)
- Phil
The reason for this warning was to inform the user that the -m option could be used to set the undefined values to an empty string, but as you point out the warning was emitted inconsistently, and I can't see a better way to fix this, so the user will just have to be aware of this feature. (It is mentioned in the -m option documentation.)
- Phil
#7
Metadata / FujiFilm X-HF1 (aka FujiFilm X...
Last post by greybeard - May 22, 2025, 10:45:32 AMFujiFilm has just released a new camera - jpeg only - "inspired by half frame film cameras".
There may be new makernotes tags and new values of existing tags.
I'm not going to get one of these cameras but here is a first update from samples published online:
0x1201 - Advanced Filter : 0x100000 - Light Leak
There are other new values for this tag including "Halation" and "Expired Film" but I've not seen samples yet.
There may be new makernotes tags and new values of existing tags.
I'm not going to get one of these cameras but here is a first update from samples published online:
0x1201 - Advanced Filter : 0x100000 - Light Leak
There are other new values for this tag including "Halation" and "Expired Film" but I've not seen samples yet.
#8
Other Discussion / Re: thankyou for Exiftool & it...
Last post by Phil Harvey - May 22, 2025, 09:27:04 AMI'm sorry, but this sounds suspiciously like you are just spamming your album. Your post could be made to literally any online forum. Unless you post back with some ExifTool-specific content I will be removing this post. I've already deleted your 2nd post containing the hyperlinks.
- Phil
- Phil
#9
The "exiftool" Application / Re: Geolocate tag can't includ...
Last post by Phil Harvey - May 22, 2025, 09:21:05 AMHi Mike,
Looking into this further, I think that StarGeek had the answer. The specification for XMP-iptcCore:Location and IPTC:Sub-Location doesn't fit with the larger-area county or sub-region name returned by ExifTool's GeolocationSubregion.
- Phil
Looking into this further, I think that StarGeek had the answer. The specification for XMP-iptcCore:Location and IPTC:Sub-Location doesn't fit with the larger-area county or sub-region name returned by ExifTool's GeolocationSubregion.
- Phil
#10
The "exiftool" Application / Re: Same script, same images, ...
Last post by Phil Harvey - May 22, 2025, 08:55:05 AMThis will happen if GPSTimeStamp has been written incorrectly as the string "2019-04-12T13:26:01.96+0000" instead of the specified 3 rational values. I have no idea how this could happen. Some other misbehaving software I would think. To do this with ExifTool would require using a badly written config file.
But this is only a warning so the affected files will still be processed, and it will only affect the value of GPSTimeStamp which you probably aren't using.
- Phil
But this is only a warning so the affected files will still be processed, and it will only affect the value of GPSTimeStamp which you probably aren't using.
- Phil