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#81

Bug Reports / Feature Requests / Question to -i SYMLINKS on Win...

Last post by herb - March 30, 2025, 06:00:20 AM

Hello Phil,

I have a question to -i SYMLINKS on Windows (in my case Windows 10).

In help I found infos that it should only work for directories.
For file-symlinks something like: -if '$FileAttributes !~ ... should be used.


For test purposes I have created such a directory-symlink with mklink /d ...
But I have seen that -i SYMLINKS (in combination with -r) does not work.
Exiftool follows the links and changes files in "destination folder" of the symlink.

As I have found no detailed information about -i SYMLINKS for Windows I ask this question:
Is it an error or is it not supported on Windows.
If it is not supported
- this should be noticed in help.
- is there another possibility to reach the goal.

Thanks for your help in advance
Best regards
herb

#82

Developers / Re: "Insufficient information ...

Last post by Mac2 - March 30, 2025, 05:00:28 AM

I don't use the -geotag parameter when I ask ExifTool to extract metadata It still emits the warning and I log it. The user processes Nikon RAW files 15 or 20 years old, if this makes a difference.

Is this warning normal and I can ignore it or is there something I need to do to prevent ExifTool from trying geocoding and failing?

#83

The "exiftool" Application / Re: Newbie - I cant run Exifto...

Last post by FrankB - March 29, 2025, 04:01:19 PM

Yes, you can.

1) From the workspace, that you can configure, to add the tags you need.
2) From ExifTool Direct.



But reading this thread I'm not convinced you're using the most recent version.
Download release: https://github.com/FrankBijnen/ExifToolGui/releases
Online Docs (A lot of text, but pays off reading): https://github.com/FrankBijnen/ExifToolGui/blob/main/Docs/ExifToolGUI_V6.md

Frank

#84

Developers / Re: "Insufficient information ...

Last post by Phil Harvey - March 29, 2025, 03:32:10 PM

You will get this with the geolocation feature if you haven't provided either a city name or latitude/longitude coordinates.

- Phil

#85

The "exiftool" Application / Re: Newbie - I cant run Exifto...

Last post by Phil Harvey - March 29, 2025, 03:29:58 PM

This should work for PDF from the command line:

exiftool -creator="some creator" -producer="some producer" FILE

I'm sure you can do it from the GUI as well.

- Phil

#86

Developers / "Insufficient information to d...

Last post by Mac2 - March 29, 2025, 02:14:38 PM

I don't use this ExifTool feature (my software has built-in reverse geocoding). AFAIK!?

But I just saw this warning in a log file provided by a user.
Under which conditions does ExifTool report this warning? Do I have to provide a new command-line (args file) parameter to avoid ExifTool trying to perform reverse-geocoding?

#87

The "exiftool" Application / Re: Newbie - I cant run Exifto...

Last post by Ines - March 29, 2025, 11:14:55 AM

That worked!
Thanks so much this was very helpful!. Out of curiosity, is it possible to add nonexisting tags to a pdf? I've been trying to add a "creator" (software) and "producer"(of the software) tag to this document to no avail...             

#88

The "exiftool" Application / Re: Exiftool .bat-file doesn't...

Last post by Phil Harvey - March 29, 2025, 08:13:28 AM

When I now type in: cd X:\Exiftool 1 it shows: C:\Windows\System32>

Windows is funny.  You have to "cd" to the drive first "cd X:" then the directory "cd X:\Exiftool".

X:\Exiftool 1>exiftool -api quicktimeutc -d "%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.%%e" "-filename<createdate" -k "X:\Exiftool 1\PXL_20250324_214659672.mp4"
Warning: [minor] The ExtractEmbedded option may find more tags in the media data - X:/Exiftool 1/PXL_20250324_214659672.mp4
    1 image files updated
-- press ENTER --

This command worked and renamed the file.  You don't need to use the ExtractEmbedded option for this command.

X:\Exiftool 1>exiftool -d "%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.%%e" "-filename<createdate" -k "X:\Exiftool 1\PXL_20250324_214659672.mp4"
Warning: Error opening file - X:/Exiftool 1/PXL_20250324_214659672.mp4
Error: File not found - X:/Exiftool 1/PXL_20250324_214659672.mp4
    0 image files updated
    1 files weren't updated due to errors
-- press ENTER --

This command didn't work because the file was already renamed.

- Phil

#89

The "exiftool" Application / Re: Newbie - I cant run Exifto...

Last post by Phil Harvey - March 29, 2025, 07:55:03 AM

Download and install this version of ExifTool, and it should work for you.

- Phil

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#90

The "exiftool" Application / Newbie - I cant run Exiftools!...

Last post by Ines - March 29, 2025, 06:59:02 AM

Hi all,

I'd kindly like some urgent help, I cannot run exiftools and the exiftools GUI for a project I need to submit imminently. When I attempt to run the GUI, I'm presented with the attached error message ..

I am using Windows 10. I've downloaded the windows version, unzipped the file, renamed it from "exiftool(-k) to "exiftool" as suggested by Bogdan Hrastnik.

Then I saved this file and the "exiftool files" to a new folder inside "application files" in my windows directory. Downloaded the GUI, saved it to a file outside of windows directory (my secondary stick drive), specified location of "exiftool" in preferences. Still have this problem!

A a newbie with no programming experience. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks