umlauts again...

[mapper905]

The json (-j) output "SourceFile" value doesn't understand umlauts (I get '?' instead).  I've read FAQs 10 & 18 and experimented with -charset options, but can't seem to get this to work.  I'm sure I'm missing something simple...?

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c:\exif>exiftool -j -ImageSize 1ö.jpg
[{
  "SourceFile": "1?.jpg",
  "ImageSize": "6252x4168"
}]


[StarGeek]

Windows command line support of non-ascii characters isn't very good. The only other option beside FAQ #18 I can offer is this StackOverflow answer. It's the only thing that ever worked for me.

It does have a downside, though. Some GUIs, especially from older programs, may have the fonts changed which can mess up the GUI.  See this post for an example.

[mapper905]

Thanks, StarGeek. Enabling "Beta: Use Unicode..." in control panel > region... worked. I was hoping there was some combination of exiftool switches that might solve, but I think this solution might suffice.

[mapper905]

After a little reflection, I think I understand better. I see that creating an args input file gets around a lot of the non-ascii problems in Windows for input, but unfortunately exiftool only uses stdout for returning tag info, and just redirecting the output to a file doesn't circumvent the problems. So if exiftool could output to a text file (name passed as an arg), this would be symmetrical to the input args file capability and go a long way towards solving this issue. Is that right? 

[Phil Harvey]

ExifTool will output to a text file with the -w or -W option.

- Phil