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The "exiftool" Application / Re: Merge MP4 videos while app...

Last post by GISSimplified - Today at 02:12:37 AM

Try this command:

exiftool -tagsfromfile ORIGINAL_FILE "-all:all<quicktime:all" MERGED_FILE

- Phil

I tried this command but it is not copying all quicktime metadata from source to destination MP4 file. Even multiple MP4 files having same Quicktime tag like Track1:GPSLatitude, Track1:GPSLongitude etc. How they will be copied into merged file. I want all of them to be retained rather than overwrite due to same tag name.

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The "exiftool" Application / Re: Merge MP4 videos while app...

Last post by StarGeek - Today at 12:38:12 AM

You can also use the exif2xmp.args file to copy any EXIF tags into the corresponding XMP tags.

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The "exiftool" Application / Re: WEBP conversion issue

Last post by StarGeek - Today at 12:36:37 AM

On Windows, Irfanview can convert images to WebP in batch. Open the program and hit "B" and the batch convert dialog will open up.

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Newbies / Re: Collection - Scanned Photo...

Last post by StarGeek - Today at 12:33:37 AM

XMP-photoshop:Source is part of the IPTC Photo Metadata Standard, so that's probably why it writes that.

The description of "Source" in the IPTC standard

The name of a person or party who has a role in the content supply chain. This could be an agency, a member of an agency, an individual or a combination. Source could be different from Creator and from the entities in the Copyright Notice.

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Newbies / Re: Collection - Scanned Photo...

Last post by jbrauher - July 26, 2024, 10:42:09 PM

Thanks Phil.  I'll give that a shot and hopefully not do anything with Photoshop or other tool that would overwrite the tag!

#6

The "exiftool" Application / Re: WEBP conversion issue

Last post by Phil Harvey - July 26, 2024, 08:21:36 PM

ExifTool can detect the file format of the file:

exiftool -filetype FILE

but you will need some other program (imagemagick say?) to do the conversion.

- PHil

#7

The "exiftool" Application / WEBP conversion issue

Last post by GroupNebula563 - July 26, 2024, 05:28:20 PM

I'm moving some content from one site to the other. The issue is, that site encoded uploaded WEBPs as arbitrary file formats (pngs and jpgs) and that's the only way to get them back from the first site. The second site already has those WEBP file names set in stone, so I'll need to upload the files with that extension. Is there a way to automatically detect the MIME type of a file and then convert it from that format to an actual WEBP while keeping the file name and extension intact? If it helps, I'm using Windows but can boot to a Linux environment if needed. Thanks!

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Newbies / Re: Collection - Scanned Photo...

Last post by Phil Harvey - July 26, 2024, 04:40:17 PM

The first thing I would check are the XMP-dc tags since they are very common.  There is one called "Source" that sounds like a match for your needs.

Note that you'll have to specify XMP:Source to write this or else ExifTool would write the old IPTC:Source tag.

Hmmm.  It seems this writes XMP-photoshop:Source not XMP-dc:Source as I was expecting.  But I would trust ExifTool to pick the best one, so all is good and XMP-photoshop:Source it is.

- Phil

#9

Newbies / Collection - Scanned Photos So...

Last post by jbrauher - July 26, 2024, 04:25:27 PM

I have a large collection of scanned photos that I am using Exiftool to add metadata to.  I would like to keep track of where I sourced the different "collections" of photos from - Mom, Grandma, Dad, Cousin Fred, etc. 

While I have a basic folder structure that indicates from who the photos came from, eventually, I plan to merge them together into one collection sorted chronologically and by event, etc. and then tag and keyword accordingly.

My question is I would like to store where I sourced the photos from (Mom, Grandma, etc.) in the metadata.  Is there a standard tag for that (I have not found one), or would I need to create a custom field?  If custom, any recommendations?

Thanks for your help.

#10

The "exiftool" Application / Re: Merge MP4 videos while app...

Last post by Phil Harvey - July 26, 2024, 04:19:32 PM

Try this command:

exiftool -tagsfromfile ORIGINAL_FILE "-all:all<quicktime:all" MERGED_FILE

- Phil