ExifByteOrder - DNG Image - Alters Nothing

[M.Carlsen]

Hi Phil and all you other guys,

I am desperately trying to alter the endian-ness of a dng.

I tried with the example from this thread:
https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php/topic,3539.msg25275.html#msg25275

But that alters nothing.

I want to change from little ending to big endian...

Is that even possible ?

-- Thank You
Morten

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Morten,

No.  ExifTool will only change the byte order of data that it can create from scratch.  Since it can't create a DNG from scratch, it can't be used to change its byte order.

- Phil

[M.Carlsen]

Hi Phil,

thanks - I figured that much - but wasn't sure.

Do you have any tips on how one would do such a thing?

Thanks
Morten

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Morten,

The ImageMagick "convert" utility has a -endian option, but I have no experience with it.

- Phil